A biography for Neal Brennanhasn’t been written yet.
“You're supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.”
“Sentimental is not bad, but it's probably the most likely to go awry. It's the hardest to do and not have it end up being 'Forrest Gump' or something. Maudlin - I just don't want it to be maudlin.”
“I'm obsessive, I'm a control freak, I get snappy with people.”
“I would like to do theaters. That's always been a dream. I think that would be a good way to tour. But for the most part, in terms of, do I want to get recognized on the street? No. There's not much I want about fame.”
“When you're in a friend circle, you all kind of talk the same way. And it's hard to do on-the-fly radio edits of yourself.”
“I don't think there is 70 good hours of TV in a week.”
“Even at it's worst, 'Def Jam' was extremely interesting and extremely well performed. And the crowds were amazing.”
“America doesn't have poor people, they have temporarily embarrassed millionaires: meaning there are people who are poor for now but that's all about to end when 'blank' happens, or when the number comes in, or when the invention takes off.”
“My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like, that conglomerate.”
“You can say whatever you want, but there's going to be consequences to it.”
“In true, narcissistic fashion, when my father was diagnosed as a narcissist, he called us all up individually to tell us, and he did it with true pride.”
“I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.”
“It's way more fun to tell jokes for an hour than it is to sit in a room and bash your head against the wall trying to think of sketches.”
“I can always tell the demographic that will probably recognize me - white dudes, sort of skater-y hip hop white dudes, and working class black dudes.”
“I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything.”
“Why marry myself to an entire album? I don't have to. If I download four songs from somebody on an iTunes sojourn, that's about as good as it gets.”
“I do have weird habits when I'm directing, or even think as a director, like when I move a cup, I make sure to put it back in the exact right place.”
“There's nothing worse than trying to be funny and not being funny.”
“What I love is getting a new joke, or a premise like a sketch idea or a movie idea. That's the best feeling for a comedian.”
“I think the biggest influence on my stand-up would be Chris Rock, in that I love that Chris is basically an essayist, in that he'll take a subject and just try and attack it from as many different angles as he can.”