"People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living."
"People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer."
"As much as I would like to walk out there and 'be myself,' the fact is that the 'self' that I am - when I am just 'being myself'- would be utterly boring and unwatchable on a stage."
"I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'"
"'What is Eric Andre like in real life?' Not as...exciting. Depressive and anxious."
"Is Lenny Bruce boring at home? Like, at home is he all, "Have you seen my red socks?" and then he comes onstage and he's all, "I'm gonna put a little airplane glue on a rag and fuck, shit, cock, prick!"
—Midge Maisel, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
