Alia Shawkat Quotes

If you put me in 'South Park,' that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.

Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct jokes, and make them seem realistic.

I couldn't see myself doing a traditional sitcom.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, 'Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or 'MTV.' I think 'Vice' is in that category now.

You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.

I watched 'The Neighbors' when it first came on, and I thought it was hysterical. And every time I think something just tickles my funny bone, I call my agent and say, 'You know, I like this show. If they're ever looking for somebody, I'd like to work with them.'

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.

I'd really been wanting to do a television series. I was looking for a comedy.

So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring.

I did a sitcom with Desi Arnaz Jr. in a pilot called 'Whacked Out.' We were bombing, and Lucille Ball grabbed the mic and started berating the audience.

'1600 Penn' was a hit. It's 2018. Anything you want can be true.

I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.

When a show is popular, sometimes the industry dismisses it.

'The Simpsons' is a tough act to follow, so I thought it was best not to do what they do.

It is very difficult for anyone to predict how a film will do. It depends on so many things: the mood of the audience, the state of their mind at the time, how they have reacted to the whole treatment.

I love 'Seinfeld.' That was not alternative. You can't get more in mainstream than that.

You can make serious pop, you know? There was a time when the best movies were the most popular, and I keep thinking that can happen again.

Showbiz works well when you give the audience what they want.

I won because I was the people's favorite dancer, and that's what I work with these Idols on. There have been 1,000 singers before you that are as good or better than you, but you're not trying to be the best singer ever. You're trying to be the people's favorite singer.

When I made 'Pizza,' all I had in my mind was to make the film reach as many people as possible.

Of course, you have to think of the audience. You cannot make an obtuse film that only appeals to a small niche section of the audience.

If people are coming to see me because they like what I do on 'Mock the Week,' that's great because they are coming to see me being me.

Ever since 'Bigg Boss' happened, a lot of entertainment and movie offers poured in.