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I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

- Patton Oswalt
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I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting.

Wars are usually really popular with people that aren't gonna be affected by them. 'Cause it's just entertainment, and it's just weird, like, 'Well, we've got to show the world that we're strong.' No we don't. And by the way, that has nothing to do with you. Why are you equating yourself with that... you know what I mean?

Here's what I'm afraid of. I know a lot of comedians, friends of mine, who just got into the 'Doesn't matter what I say. It doesn't matter. They're just gonna laugh anyway.'

One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte; I didn't know what I was doing, and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.

A lot of nerds aren't aware they're nerds. A geek has thrown his hands up to the universe and gone, 'I speak Klingon - who am I fooling? You win! I'm just gonna openly like what I like.' Geeks tend to be a little happier with themselves.

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I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.

I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.