#Conan O'Brien Quotes

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It's competitive but I think my favorite Conan anecdote is when he told his therapist "Everyone hates me, they think I have no talent and they wish I would just go away," and his therapist said "That's called negative self-talk and you have to realize it's just the depression talking" and Conan said "Self-talk? I'm just quoting my latest review!"

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[naithegiraffe]

"My friend Conan O'Brien is famous because he can access extreme silliness in the smartest ways, often beyond our imagination. But every time he's been tested, he's channelled his intelligence & compassion and risen to the occasion, again, in ways beyond our imagination. The first time I saw him suggest to his young fans to not be cynical about the world was in his humble, heartfelt message after 9/11. Then, after abruptly losing the Tonight Show, with the whole country on his side, he could have easily coasted on being the victim. But, in one of the classiest acts ever seen on TV, he went the opposite way. He chose to be positive, and talked about how lucky he'd been to have even had the opportunity. He asked his fans to remember what kindness & hard work can achieve. He repeated his plea to not to be cynical, while demonstrating it: he took what could have been a self-serving pity grab and made it a teachable moment. I was never prouder to know Conan than that night, until Sunday. Amidst all the madness around the Kennedy Center, Conan heard plenty of people, both publicly or privately, wanting no part of the place. But, aside from an award in Mark Twain's name meaning so much to him, I think he felt he could accomplish more in accepting it than bailing. On Sunday, despite making a career out of being funny without being overtly political, he rose to the occasion again. When I've been asked about my bond with Conan back at SNL, I usually talk about how we both coped with our nerdy awkwardness by reducing people to cartoons. But we were also two writers who took our jobs very seriously. We would stay late on Monday nights, too, and grind out ideas. He'd leave for spells, like a fish gasping to breathe, and dive into the pool of lighter souls happy to riff with him. But we'd always get it done, for as long as it took. It wasn't just ambition. We both felt a real responsibility to the show. And that was our common upbringing - loving, spiritual parents who encouraged our insanity but also instilled a sense of humility and duty. So, to Ruth and Thomas O'Brien, whatever you did to create this impossibly silly, brilliant and caring individual, thank you."

- Robert Smigel

[late4the-party]

Conan: Yep. Nothing says an exciting night of fun like two middle aged white guys in corderoi.

Matt: Think of the noise we’d make if we hugged.

*Sona laughs*

Conan: It’s the strangest pick-up line I’ve ever heard.

[quotelr]

When all else fails, there's always delusion.

Conan O'Brien

[ninetyminutes]

CONAN O'BRIEN: Lorne is very aloof. He's off in his own world. He has a standard joke if you're a rookie writer and he doesn't know you that well. He passed me in the hall once, and he said, "Still with the show?" Then he acted mildly surprised, as if to say, "I thought we got rid of you." And that's his little joke: "Still with the show?"

But I knew I was doing all right, because a few months later — it was late on a Tuesday night — Lorne came into my office. I was sitting at my desk, and he sat on the edge of it and started telling me about this great weekend he had just had in his home on Long Island. "I built a fire and I made some s'mores, and it was really nice, because it was very winterlike." And I was sitting there and thinking, "I can't believe this is happening. Is there someone else in the room? Is there some consequential person in the room? Because I'm certainly not."

[frodothefair]

"The worst thing a guest can do is tell the audience [the interview isn’t] going well. I've seen it happen many times. It’s an amateur move because the host can do a lot to let people think it’s going great, even if it’s not [...] Audiences want to see a good show, they want to see a good interview.

I was always amazed when someone would come out and they’d be doing OK… and then they would just look right at the camera and say, ‘This just isn’t going well is it?’

I would look out at the audience, maybe 200 people sitting there, and I would see 200 souls leave 200 bodies and float up to the ceiling, because they were just told they were not getting a good show.

That’s not show business. Show business is, you’re getting the greatest show in the world."

--Conan O'Brien

Honestly, this can apply to anything creative, not just show business. It can apply to art, poetry, music, writing.

Don't ever denigrate your art. Even if you feel awful about it, and think it's full of flaws, your audience doesn't know that.

Talk about your art as if your audience is getting the greatest show in the world. Be proud of your work. You will always be your own harshest critic.

[busterkeatonsociety]

#TalkieTuesday Conan O’Brien is a Buster Keaton fan! Thanks to @tonivesdream on Twitter for the clip.

[candiedfain]

Gojo and Geto as Clueless Gamer #1

Geto: here are your buttons you’re gonna wanna-

Gojo: don’t talk to me like I’m really stupid

Geto: ok

Gojo: look at all these ✨buttons✨

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

Fall down, make a mess, break something occasionally. And remember that the story is never over.

Conan O’Brien

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[outofcontextconan]

“I don’t mind that he has no flesh or that he’s a murderer, but put some pants on, for God’s sake.”

Conan O’Brien, Clueless Gamer

[unknownmorsel]

Miguel: Apparently, in grade school, the word went out that you call adults by their last names, and they do that, and I used to think "That's a little formal, I don't know that I need that," but the second a kid says "Hey, Miguel", I want to tear into their torso...

Gwen: What the fuck?

Miguel: ...with, like, my sharpened nails...

Gwen: What the fuck?!

Miguel: ...pull their heart out, and eat it in front of them. Maybe an overreaction, or...

Peter B.: Proportionate.

Miguel: Proportionate! Thank you.

[indeedgoodman]

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Harrison Ford: Hi, my name is Harrison Ford and I feel confused about being Conan O'Brien's friend. You and I talked about this a long time ago and a lot of time has passed. You've made no effort whatsoever and now you show up out of the blue and you want me to be your friend. Conan O'Brien: Yes, I do, I do, and listen- Harrison Ford: What can you say in a podcast? Conan O'Brien: You can say anything you like. Harrison Ford: Well, fuck you.