Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswaltis an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor, known for roles such as Spencer Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens, voicing Remy in the film Ratatouille and playing multiple identical brothers on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth27 January 1969
CityPortsmouth, VA
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration ends jokes
All the truly great stand-ups say, "I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work." To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.
art focus garbage
90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.
hate sidekicks i-hate
I hate all sidekicks.
body function unhealthy
As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.
personality grew grew-up
I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.
romance three steel
I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out if me with steel pipes.
running country dad
It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.
nerd stereotype outcast
I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.
spring book years
I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.
writing
I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.
airports cynical comedy
I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports.
kevin want lasts
If Kevin James or Paul Giamatti drop weight, I'm done. I don't want to be the last pudge out there.
religious atheist struggle
I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.
college san-francisco people
It wasn't until I went to college and met different people from different areas of life - and then went to San Francisco and met people who really knew who the hell they were - that I kind of caught up in a hurry.