Quotations and phrases

As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.
-- David Cross

Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat.
-- David Cross

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.
-- David Cross

I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.
-- David Cross

I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.
-- David Cross

I just recorded another CD for Sub Pop.
-- David Cross

I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine.
-- David Cross

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.
-- David Cross

I love Tinkle, it's really the most fun I've had in years.
-- David Cross

I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.
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I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.
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I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end.
-- David Cross

I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I'm not very good at.
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I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.
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I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.
-- David Cross

I've got a lot of friends there and there is stuff to do but as much as I dislike LA I really like living and working in New York City.
-- David Cross

In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around.
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It's just an easy catchall to describe a style because there are a lot of alternative comics who are completely different from each other.
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It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.
-- David Cross

It's not an issue per say, but I would urge people to help create an atmosphere where they don't see this complete ideological divide.
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My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.
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Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush.
-- David Cross

Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.
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Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part.
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Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.
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Some of those heckling parts are just great on their own plus they happened at that moment so we had to include it.
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The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.
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The second piece of news is something that I would imagine most people have heard about by now. Arrested Development got picked up for a third season.
-- David Cross

Then I will tape the sets and even though I'm not very successful sometimes I will try to cut out the fat and put the jokes closer together.
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There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.
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There is nothing interesting about just seeing me doing the show then seeing the fans and how much people love me.
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There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views.
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We should just get somebody from the left and the right and they should all throw bumper stickers at each other and the first one to cover the other one wins.
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You can't just yell jokes at people.
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You have to have some level of attachment, you can still have passion and believe but it has to be softened somewhat.
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