Matt Rife

“I don't have too much of a pre-show prep. I like to relax, listen to some music maybe, go over my set list.”

“I'd love a chance to host something like The Golden Globes. Or be a part of a show like 'Stranger Things.' Or even a film like 'Knives Out.'”

“You might miss out on a joke that you're worried might offend somebody, but might make you a million new fans.”

“People were saying I had jaw surgery to have a jawline. That's funny to me because I'm like... use your... brain. If I'm gonna get transformative surgery done to me, do you think I'm starting with my face? You would never hear me tell another joke for the rest of my life.”

“It took getting on TikTok and people having the opportunity to see my comedy to realize like oh, there's actually a lot of people who share the same sense of humor I do.”

“I've been incredibly lucky.”

“If people think I'm a heartthrob, cool; as long as you respect my comedy and like to laugh, you can think whatever you want about me, I don't care.”

“The majority of my material comes from first-hand experiences, so sometimes it just has to come to me, I can't force it.”

“There's nothing funny about somebody living an easy life, or so you would assume.”

“The comedy community does not like me at all. It's ego-driven and competitive. Everyone's jealous of everybody, and I've been there.”

“I couldn't be more different from my stage persona.”

“I've just never been one for a lot of the people in L.A. It's not who the majority of my fans are.”

“I got 'Wild' n Out' and that was a phenomenal launching platform for my career. But it's not what I wanted to do forever, which is why I left the show.”

“I think I was always a pretty funny kid, making my family, friends, and classmates laugh. But I never realized it was an actual 'skill' until I was about 14.”

“Until I got my teeth done? No-one would even look at me.”

“What I love about crowd work is it doesn't burn anything, and it's new for every single show. It's exciting for me. And I take great pride in that because so many comedians don't switch up their set at all.”