Quotes by Tim Heidecker

About Tim Heidecker:

Timothy Richard Heidecker is an American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician. He is one half of the comedy team of Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. Heidecker and Wareheim are noted for creating the television shows Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories.
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Sometimes laughing isn't the best judge of what's funny, 'cause I think there's a lot of things that are really funny that don't make you laugh, that don't make you physically, audibly make a noise, but is something that is much more powerful than th...

Tim Heidecker

When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.

Tim Heidecker

In a crazy world where he would get nominated, I'd like to see Obama run against Herman Cain. That would be fantastic. If Herman Cain became president, there'd be a certain sort of morbid curiosity for me.

Tim Heidecker

I don't really know, I was thinking about that the other day that there aren't a lot of younger up and comers that I'm that interested in, in the comedy world. Everyone seems to be trying to play it safe.

Tim Heidecker

Everyone's heard the same joke a million times and knows the setups. They are tired of the mass-marketed entertainment served on the networks.

Tim Heidecker

There are a lot of young, well-educated, artistic people out there that like to be entertained.

Tim Heidecker

Abbott and Costello were huge for me as a very young person.

Tim Heidecker

I don't have a big hang-up about my body.

Tim Heidecker

Back in high school, there was something fun and dangerous about inhabiting a different personality.

Tim Heidecker

I think there's a fine, healthy tradition of, you know, the people on the fringes satirizing the process of Hollywood.

Tim Heidecker

Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.

Tim Heidecker

The idea that everyone's opinion is valuable is sometimes up for question.

Tim Heidecker

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

Tim Heidecker

In the world of 'Tim and Eric,' everything is big and ridiculous and absurd.

Tim Heidecker

I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.

Tim Heidecker

When I was in college in Philly, there was a lot of post-punks... hardcore... like, rock. Sixties, retro, proto-Strokes kind of bands.

Tim Heidecker

I think, you know, I'm German, and um, probably not very expressive in my emotions.

Tim Heidecker

I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.

Tim Heidecker

At Temple University, and I'm sure this was the way in a lot of film classes, comedy was not an option, and not considered a serious form of expression. You had to make a film about an issue.

Tim Heidecker

I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.

Tim Heidecker

Author Bio

  • NameTim Heidecker
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and director
  • BornFebruary 3, 1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter