Top 55 Thomas Middleditch Quotes

There’s all these little bubbles of nerddom.

I’m definitely not frowning on improv; I mean, I’ve been doing it for years. I just think that there’s some styles of comedy that warrant a tighter pace.

I am an unabashed HBO fan. This is why being on ‘Silicon Valley’ is kind of like a dream.

It’s not as if I’ve never been awkward myself. I’m a big gamer, so I’ve had access to that type of personality. I used to go to these LAN parties; that was before high-speed Internet. The only way you could get lag-free gaming was to haul these huge computers to people’s houses.

All the sharky elements of Hollywood are similar to sharky elements in Silicon Valley. It’s obviously different, but the deals are the same. And you get hot, then you’re not.

I had to be sick for a scene in the first season, and we used some fruit smoothies with little banana chunks. I had to put it in my mouth and spit it out. It was absolutely delicious.

T.J. Miller and Kumail Nanjiani I met when I was in Chicago, learning how to do comedy.

Game design has always been a secondary passion. I don’t know how to program, though, so I’m at this strange crossroads where I’m like, ‘I wonder if I can convince people who know what they’re doing to hear me out on one of my ideas.’

Married life is the same as dating life, except now you have a ring, and the state of California has a vested financial interest in the outcome of your marriage.

Everybody in comedy has something like that happen to them: They bomb, or no one shows up. You’re like, ‘Hey, I’m funny, trust me!’ And the world collectively goes, ‘Yeah, you and everybody else.’

I would never say that girls and their bachelorette parties are tame.

I repurposed an old World War II merchant ship door into one of the best coffee tables you have ever seen. I have also made little cabinets and media centers.

I don’t program, so I don’t belong in Silicon Valley. If I did belong in Silicon Valley, I’d be there creating a revolutionary compression algorithm for billions of dollars.

You get a lot of apps and companies that are trying to sell you on something that’s totally useless or potentially unhealthy. Only occasionally does something really worthwhile really come out.

Basically, if you like ‘Deadpool,’ you’ll love ‘Captain Underpants.’

I’m not in Hollywood because I’m good at math.

I think when you go in, with film or television, you want to tell this narrative. And with ‘Joshy,’ you want it to be grounded with moments – it’s not like, ‘Everyone be as funny as you can, quickly, at all times!’ It’s not like that. You have to pick the right improvisers.

People go on Snapchat – I don’t understand it. It’s the first app I felt, ‘Oh no, I’m out of touch with burgeoning technology. I’m not 16!’

I’ve always been a gamer. I play a version of Dungeons & Dragons.

I’m a Windows guy. I have been for many, many years. I play games, and it’s where games run, baby.

I was always the bad student.

I don’t think anyone can do any character that doesn’t have at least some ounce of themselves in it. You are who you are, and your brain is drawing on things that you’ve experienced.

Everything needs to be lampooned. I believe that there’s not any sacred ground.

I’ve had the fortune of meeting most of the ‘Kids in the Hall.’ One meeting was special in particular because this was before I had gotten anything, before anything was clicking, and I just found myself hanging out with Scott Thompson.

I have a fairly pragmatic view on all those bullies that came before, because everybody makes you who you are now.

When you make a film, you never know how it will turn out, especially when you improvise it.

The show is not really about finding love in Silicon Valley, and it never really claimed be so.

I like a nice, crisp pilsner or lager.

At the end of the day, I want to play characters that interest me.

I want to work with Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen Brothers, or Spike Jonze.

My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.

I’m not joking – it’s a top-three dream of mine to be on a comedy on HBO and to have it directed by Mike Judge and Alec Berg, and then on top of that, have it be with friends, two of them I’ve known for 10 years.

I’m a military history buff.

There are lot of people I’d wanna work with, but Wes Anderson, I would just wanna sit down with the guy. If he would ever put me in one of his movies, that would be the end.

I like my flight sims because I can set up a very robust joystick setup and my head tracking software.

In D&D, you’re only in that fantasy world. But with GURPS, you can, like, play a game that’s Los Angeles film noir, or a game where the premise is you are world-jumpers, and you can go to different worlds.

I wanted to be like ‘Kids in the Hall.’

I watched Season 1 through 9 of ‘Seinfeld’ bloopers one day, just having a ball. It’s fun to see people having fun.

‘Baskets’ is incredible – ‘Baskets’ is so funny and poignant and sad and dark.

It’s not about creating 22 episodes indefinitely for as long as you can do.

It’s pretty surreal to be doing a show on HBO with pals.

I’m going to be all over your TV for the foreseeable future.

I don’t think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.

Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like, ‘Pump the brakes a little bit.’ But that said, it’s all positive. It’s just, of course, I’m going to find some cynicism in it.

I’m a total pessimist.

I’m into computers and have been for a while.

Improv is always seen as something that’s funny, but worth a $5 ticket, $10 at most. I think ISC is one of those shows that is worth a real ticket price. It’s hard-hitting and great and different every time.

Sometimes you just need words on a page to memorize.

A lot of comedies, I think, make the wrong choice of having the straight man being this bland emotional conduit for the audience.

When you’re on film or TV, essentially you’re in front of the camera. Unless it’s a Tim Burton thing, the desire is to be real and grounded.

Sometimes, when comedians get success, they don’t do as much weird stuff as they normally do.

We thought it would be pretty cool to officially declare ourselves a gang. Our gang name was called the Rude Boys. Of course, any Rude Gang would need a jacket.

The Valley is a place that takes itself too seriously, and it has yet to be properly lampooned. So it’s time for a wedgie.

I still like farts. I still think farts are some of the funniest things.

I know, for myself, I probably work a lot better in that – in the group environment. Only because if I am coming up short, someone else helps.