Quotes by Billy Gardell

Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves - everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some weight. Maybe, who knows, Ill hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe Ill be an action hero. Then again, maybe Ill just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.

The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.

You start realizing that maybe youre the one night a month that people have out, and they dont need to hear your political views or how dark you can get. They just want to laugh for an hour and go home. Once I wrapped my head around that, my act evolved accordingly.