A biography for John Mulaneyhasn’t been written yet.
“I've seen most of the major, important shows, but I watch them all at once, like movies, so my TV relationships are still with shows like 'Law And Order: SVU,' 'Shark Tank,' and HGTV.”
“I love comedians that dive into politics. I personally don't feel comfortable, with my background, weighing in unless I have a take that I think is funny enough that I would put it in front of an audience.”
“I'm pretty self-critical about everything I've ever done: stand-up, 'SNL.'”
“I just watched a ton of comedy and saw a ton of different styles, and eventually you think, 'Oh, yeah, I could be like that.'”
“Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldn't be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.”
“You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.”
“Being president looks like the worst job in the world.”
“Traveling can get kind of lonely sometimes, er… no, not traveling. What is the word? Life. Life can get kind of lonely.”
“The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.”
“I look back on being 17 and think, 'Oh my God, how did I not die?'”
“I have found that people who really want to work at 'Saturday Night Live' and pursue it get pretty close. You have to be funny - but everyone who works there, it was their dream to work there. So it's kind of nice in that way - there's a lot of people who say, 'I just always wanted to do this, and now I'm doing it.'”
“I still like to turn on the TV and watch whatever's on.”
“I have too many influences to name. I like a wide variety of stuff, which I think has been helpful. I liked every comedian I saw on TV growing up in the '80s. Every comedian.”
“I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.”
“Nick Kroll, A.D. Miles, Chelsea Peretti - those were the people I was always doing open mics with.”
“The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.”