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Marcus David Maron (/ˈmærən/ MARR-ən; born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer and actor.

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Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on.

Conversation, Ongoing, Personal, Ruminate, Theme

In my life, I didn't get into comedy to be - I had no business model. All I wanted to do was, basically, finish becoming myself. And you stand in front of people and be seen and heard in this format. I thought it was the most practical format for me to express whatever it was I was going through. Whatever my ideas were in my evolving philosophy about life. I obviously don't sell out theaters. I'm not a household name. I'm not incredibly consistent in terms of doing the same act over and over again, and I'm definitely working out a lot of my existential issues onstage.

Front, Household, People, Philosophy, Work Out

In most cases the only difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.

Cases, Commitment, Depression, Disappointment, Funny, Humor

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.

Animal, Fable, Humility, Laugh, Mistake, Stupid

Buying my wife a gun sort of like me saying, ' You know, I kinda want to kill myself, but I want it to be a surprise'.

Buying, Gun, Know, Sort, Suicidal, Wife

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.

Forever, Long, Lost, Shape, Think, Thinking

You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.

Arc, Character, Growth, Television

Because we're comics and we pass each other on campus, we know of each other, and a lot of the time there's a mutual respect there.

Campus, Comics, Know, Mutual, Mutual Respect, Pass

Well, evolution's just a theory. ' And, I'm thinking to myself, 'Well, thank goodness gravity's a law. '

Funny, Goodness, Humor, Theory, Thinking

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

Funny, Dad, Humor, Manic, Exciting

You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.

Avoid, Define You, Defines, Life, Pain, Pain In Life

I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go to malls dressed as Jesus, and I like to then walk around the mall and go, 'No! No! This wasn't what it was supposed to be about, people!' Then if there's a Santa at the mall, I walk up to him and say, 'Listen, fat man, you're just a clown at my birthday party. '

Beard, Funny, Jesus, Listen, Party

It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - there's very few people I haven't run into.

Angeles, Boston, New York, Run, Running

You know when you make popcorn there are always those fluffy white kernels that are fun and good to eat but there are also always those burnt, black kernels that don’t pop. You know why they don’t pop? Because they have integrity.

Fluffy, Fun, Integrity, Know, White

For 15 years of my life I smoked, I drank, I used to do drugs. . . but during that time, I never once thought I was going to die. But the second I set foot on a stairmaster -the second- I am sure my heart is gonna explode and blood is gonna spray out of my nose.

Blood, Drugs, Explode, Heart, Years

I think most other comics are like, "I'm going to do my fkin' act and that'll be that. " With me, it's like, "What if I forget my jokes? What if I can't pull it together? This is going to be a fking disaster!"

Comics, Pull, Thinking, Together, What If

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.

Celebrity, Died, Funny, Humor, Jesus, Think

I'm just looking for authentic engagement of some kind, and usually, after an hour or more, you get that. Some people talk at you. Some people just want to answer questions, but a lot of times, all of a sudden you drift away, and you don't remember you're on the mic, and you're in something real.

Hour, Looking, Real, Remember You, Remembers You, Times

I sort of get tired of myself sometimes. When you're busy, your life becomes relatively small. But I never get tired of talking to other people.

People, Relatively, Sort, Talking, Tired

He does have that weird mixture of born again Christian and stupid that some people mistake for courage and focus.

Christian, Courage, Funny, Mistake, Stupid

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