Marc Maron
Marc Maron
Marcus David Maronis an American comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, musician, director, and producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth27 September 1963
CityJersey City, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
writing guitar issues
I'm just very sort of compulsive and lack the ability to keep things in perspective. If I'm not writing or playing guitar or on the microphone or out on the road, I'm cleaning pots and pans or freaking out about some plumbing issue or tweeting.
funny coffee writing
There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and it feels like you're an ex-patriot in Paris in the 20s. You're like, 'Hey, isn't that a young Ernest Hemingway over there? Yeah, I think it is! Hey, let's go have a look and see what he's writing... It's a Gap application.'
writing opportunity want
I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.
writing thinking evolve
I think things evolve into jokes. I don't generally write them down as jokes. I talk them out.
writing comedy moments
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.
notebook writing sacrifice
What comics sacrifice and what lives they live - I know that most of their lives, their adult lives, they're sitting around or walking around with notebooks, writing things down. Usually they're fairly sensitive. Usually they're very bright. And that makes them poets.
american-entertainer bred club comics created destroyed great industry intimacy jobs profession
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers.
american-entertainer cheap created demand eighties exploit standup
The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming.
american-entertainer hard
There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.
anxiety despair world
The worst thing about living in this world, in general, is that things get overwhelming, and things cause a tremendous amount of despair and anxiety.
anxiety panic different
I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.
funny reading humor
I'm proud to be part of a generation where reading is a 'look.'
notebook new-york guitar
When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East Side with my notebook. I would stop at the guitar place on St. Mark's and talk to that dude for a while, then I'd go to the bookstore and talk to that dude for a little while. I had a guy over at the record store, and I'd talk to him for a while. It kept me connected to life.
beautiful talking people
Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.