Mintz Quotes & Sayings

It's something we do every week. Every week kind of has bigger name headliners. It's all just our taste. There's a lot of people like Ian Edwards or Dan Mintz who a lot of people haven't heard of yet, but we know are really great. When we started the show five years ago it wasn't because Patton Oswalt needs another place to play. It was because we had a lot of new friends like BJ Novak or Morgan Murphy, who didn't have any club to play. — B. J. Porter

Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention. — Sidney W. Mintz

In animation, no one gets to see your face, so you can really mess up with your voice like I did 'ParaNorman;' I was a bully in that, which was so much fun to do. In 'How to Train Your Dragon,' I'm a little Viking character. So, it's kind of exciting to play these roles that you normally wouldn't get to play in a live-action movie. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

The human being who would not harm you on an individual, face-to-face basis, who is charitable, civic-minded, loving and devout, will wound or kill you from behind the corporate veil. — Morton Mintz

In what might come as a surprise to religious conservatives and other proponents of early marriage, Mintz reports that apart from the period following World War II, most Americans did not wed until their mid- or even late 20s or early 30s. — Anonymous

Hope is only an extension of time granted to us until we decide to give up. — Michael Mintz

I think the thing about acting and making music is that it's easy to do both. I'll shoot a movie for three months, and then I won't have to work for however long I want to. So, I can do a movie for a couple of months and then come and do music for a couple. But whatever's hot at the moment is what I'll gravitate toward. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

A eureka moment. It suddenly struck Mintz as so obvious. The executives entrusted with reviewing all of the LJM transactions- Causey, Buy, the board- approached their duties casually, giving everything just the onceover. They seemed to figure that somebody else was doing the tough analysis. But no one was.
p.389 — Kurt Eichenwald

There are days I like going out, and days I like to sit naked with the remote control on my thigh, watching 'Breaking Bad.' I'm in love with that TV show. And 'Louie' on FX. And 'The Newsroom' - well, I don't know if I like it, but I'm obsessed with it. It's so Sorkin-y. But I've got some friends on there, so it's good to support them. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I just love doing movies that I would want to see in theaters. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

One of the greatest moments of my career was on the road promoting 'Superbad' with Michael Cera and Chris Mintz-Plasse. We were showing the movie at colleges. — Jonah Hill

I had been doing all my school plays, elementary school, middle school, and high school, and then summer. I'd wanted to act for a long time, and I thought I was going to go to college and do theater, go that route. But 'Superbad' kind of fell on my lap. I was very, very lucky for that. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

So much of what we experience emotionally as cataclysmic, even life-threatening, sounds utterly trivial when we say it out loud. — Susannah B. Mintz

I'm just glad I've had these opportunities to be geeks in some really awesome movies. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I never got a chance to take advantage of 'Superbad' at school because I graduated before it came out, so I never got to use any of my fame to pick up girls and go to cool parties. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I met Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm not really star struck by actors, but musicians, that's when I get star struck. Chad Smith is my number one drum influence, so that was a real mind-blow. I spoke to him - proper English, thank God! — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I was playing baseball, and I tripped over first base - I'm very clumsy - and I fell and broke my wrist. That was pretty painful. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I never really think about what people are going to think of the movie afterwards. Or what people are going to call me. I just want to make a great project, and my focus is really all on that. And then I really don't read reviews. Like, you know, go on comment boards or anything. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

It's an honor when someone writes for you. That means they can hear your voice in their head. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

My first ever sex scene in a movie was in 'Superbad.' Because I was 17, for legal reasons my mother had to be on the set. It was real awkward, but it worked out OK because when I watched the movie with her, the sex scene wasn't awkward because she'd been right there when it happened. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I have very young looks, so it's easy for me to play high school, but I'm trying to stay away from high-school movies. As I get older, I'll try and broaden my talents. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I'm a guy who's passionate about singing, but I can't sing for crap. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I was Aladdin, and then I was Captain Von Trapp from 'Sound Of Music' when I was 7 or 8, and then King Arthur. I was always the lead. I've always enjoyed being onstage, acting obnoxious, being someone that wasn't me, hiding behind a character. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I was never really a nerd. I'm not really into comic books or Dungeons and Dragons or any of that kind of stuff. I was in drama class, and I'm a big movie and music buff. And I'm into sports. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

How can the human race be, like, the only living form in the universe? There have to be other life forms out there. I believe it. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

It's awesome, because in live-action, most of my comedies have been rated R, so I'm trying to make adults laugh. While animation is a completely different world where you're trying to make children laugh. So that difference is a blast to do. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Let's Level the Playing Field! — Amy Mintz

Stoller is one of my favorite comedic directors - one of my favorite directors that I've worked with to date. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

When I was 16, at night I went to my high school and chucked rocks at the billboard sign and broke the light bulbs. That was fun. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

People still remember Sean Penn as Spicoli from 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High,' and if I can have, like, one-10th of his career, then I'm fine. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I just hated school. I don't like to learn. Don't teach me anything! — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I am always nervous about doing voice-over work. I'm always clammy and I worry, "What if my voice squeaks? What if I don't deliver it right?" Until you start saying the lines, it's always nerve-wracking, for some reason, and I've never gotten over that. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

It's always the script first choosing roles. [Then] whoever else is attached. I never like to be the first person attached, because I don't really trust what's going on, unless there's a really good director. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

One of my favourites is 'American Beauty.' Spacey is so good in that. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

My favourite word? I think, delicious, because it sounds so delicious. You say it, and you just wanna eat a chocolate bar. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

There's no real downside to any sort of work that I do. I'm all so grateful for it, but I wouldn't say that animated work is just a walk in the park. It is easy, it's really fun, but I don't know why I really stress myself out every time I'm about to go in. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

The Weezer 'Blue' Album is a classic. I think My Morning Jacket's 'Circuital' is a great album to have. Any Led Zeppelin album. Pink Floyd 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' or 'Animals.' I always catch myself at concerts being like, 'Oh, I just stared at the drummer for 15 straight minutes.' I study them. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I worked with Seann William Scott on 'Role Models,' and his arms are tatted up. He had to come to set an hour-and-a-half early to get them covered. It's not worth it. I want that extra hour of sleep. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I'm a big Tom Hardy fan. He dresses pretty stylish, right? — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

'Superbad' was my first movie, but I've been acting since I was seven. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I do love horror movies, but I'm not the kind of guy who would dress up as a ghoul for Halloween. I might go as a member of the Blue Man Group. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse