Nathan Fielder Quotes & Sayings

I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really ... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment. — Nathan Fielder

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business. — Nathan Fielder

I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist. — Nathan Fielder

I used to trade stocks online, and I kind of felt gross, like, all I'm doing is making money off other people's creativity, and I'm not creating anything myself. — Nathan Fielder

I agree that someone falling down is really funny, and I can go on YouTube and watch people falling. It makes me laugh. — Nathan Fielder

If Edison was worried about his candle customers, he would have never invented the light bulb. — Nathan Fielder

It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious. — Nathan Fielder

I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them. — Nathan Fielder

If I find something funny and make an older woman laugh, I love that for some reason. — Nathan Fielder

I just don't have this magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. I don't make friends easily ... I'm just not one of those people. — Nathan Fielder

Social interactions have always been a bit of a difficult thing for me. I think I have a natural tendency to make people not 100 percent super comfortable. — Nathan Fielder

I'm very bad at ending sentences. A lot times I just want to say, 'That's the end of my sentence. I have nothing more to say.' — Nathan Fielder

In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first. — Nathan Fielder

A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing. — Nathan Fielder

I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at. — Nathan Fielder

Some of the funniest things are just situations in life that are funny. The way people interact. People describing their first kiss with someone, to me, is really funny. When someone goes into detail about each moment of that, I really find that enjoyable to listen to. — Nathan Fielder

I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time. — Nathan Fielder

Everyone's default state is this pleasantry state. My goal in the show is to undercut that as quickly as possible. If you really do let it sit, it's sometimes amazing what comes out of people. — Nathan Fielder

It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing. — Nathan Fielder

Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas. — Nathan Fielder

The type of thing that one person would get mad at, another person would laugh at, is a good kind of zone to be in. — Nathan Fielder

In my personal life, I will do whatever it takes to make a situation comfortable if I sense - if I'm talking to someone [and] I sense there's a silence, I'll try to fill that gap. It makes me very anxious when things get uncomfortable. — Nathan Fielder

Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable. — Nathan Fielder