Tig Notaro - Luckily, I'm not a gambler or a drinker or -...

Luckily, I'm not a gambler or a drinker or - you know, I get my fix of comedy.

Biography

Author Profession: Comedian

Nationality: American

Born: March 24, 1971

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Related Authors

Steven Wright, Groucho Marx, Mitch Hedberg, George Carlin, Robin Williams, Rodney Dangerfield, W. C. Fields, Milton Berle

Topics

Comedy, Drinker, Fix, Gambler, Get, Know, Luckily, You

Quotes to Explore

My career has always kind of moved forward and upward. I've never had anything kind of stall out or go in the opposite direction. I've always kind of been moving in the right direction.

Never Moving Direction Always

I was very into animals and nature, and really obsessed with cats and monkeys. I used to play in the woods, wander off into the woods for hours. I'd bring a clipboard and think that I was doing some work out there, following the trails of raccoons or collecting bird feathers.

Nature Work Bird Cats

People love to make comedians out to be miserable, dark, twisted people. And I just - I think a lot of people struggle with depression and mental illness and have issues and problems within their family. The mailman has it. Your neighbor has it. It's just that comedians have a microphone.

Love Family Depression People

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

Good People Luck Good Luck

It's important that when you do standup, you do small places like coffee shops and also big places like colleges. It helps you find the little nuances in your set that don't work, and you can shave off the excess.

Work Coffee You Important

I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was a really skinny kid, and I remember my mother always telling people, 'I don't know how she's alive. I think she gets all of her nutrients from air pollution.'

Mother People Eating Remember

My mother was a very, very funny, outrageous, outspoken person, and she never edited me. Her whole thing in my life was if anybody had a problem with me, tell them to go to hell.

Life Funny Me Mother

I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness.

Myself Thinking Enjoy Deep

I always think about the idea that God never gives you more than you can handle, and just the idea that God would be looking at me and thinking, 'Eh, I think she can handle more.' And the angels thinking, 'What are you doing? You're a lunatic.' And God being like, 'No, no, trust me. She can handle this.'

God Me Trust You

I'm not opposed to talking about airline food.

Food Talking About Airline

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

Love Movies Yes Order

It attracts all types. But I definitely call the comedy world the land of misfit toys. Looking around the room at my friends, that's what I see.

World Looking Friends Comedy

If I'm caught off guard or I'm not in a great mood, or if I'm feeling down or if I'm in my head and somebody comes up to me and I can't match the energy, I just have to think, 'Well, I did my job, which was to do the show or release the album or be in the TV show or write the joke. Beyond that, it's kind of a hit or miss what happens between us.'

Me Great Job Mood

My favorite thing to wear from about first to third grade was a blue t-shirt with an iron-on monkey and the caption 'Here Comes Trouble.'

Blue T-Shirt Monkey Wear

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