Patton Oswalt

There have been times when I've lived an enemy. There's times that I've done... bits or jokes that without saying it, it's in response to a bit or a joke that I thought was lame or like, why the fuck would you? That's so stupid. So I would go the other or, you know, what did Chris Rock say? Don't get mad, get funnier. So sometimes getting funnier is a form of vengeance. You know, just be funnier.

There have been times when I've lived an enemy. There's times that I've done... bits or jokes that without saying it, it's in response to a bit or a joke that I thought was lame or like, why the fuck would you? That's so stupid. So I would go the other or, you know, what did Chris Rock say? Don't get mad, get funnier. So sometimes getting funnier is a form of vengeance. You know, just be funnier.

No, but there's way you can become better at whatever it is you are. And that's how you and also then the I mean, if we're just going to stay with vengeance, the ultimate vengeance is actually becoming happy with what it is you're doing. And you're just ignoring the other people. You know, the way to the way to truly dismantle a narcissist is just to go. I don't I don't care. That's fine.

No, but there's way you can become better at whatever it is you are. And that's how you and also then the I mean, if we're just going to stay with vengeance, the ultimate vengeance is actually becoming happy with what it is you're doing. And you're just ignoring the other people. You know, the way to the way to truly dismantle a narcissist is just to go. I don't I don't care. That's fine.

Yeah, but I'm doing this. Great. Not what I want to do. I mean, that's the thing that I've always thought about, like, in the movie Animal House at the end, except for... Otter punching Greg Marmalard. Remember, he punches him. But that's the only actual physical revenge.

Yeah, but I'm doing this. Great. Not what I want to do. I mean, that's the thing that I've always thought about, like, in the movie Animal House at the end, except for... Otter punching Greg Marmalard. Remember, he punches him. But that's the only actual physical revenge.

All the other, at the end of it, the Delches just leave the college and go live their lives successfully, and then all the Omegas go and live their lives, and it all goes to shit. And sometimes that's how you win, is just going, I'm fucking leaving and going doing something cooler and more fun. I don't need to do all this shit.

All the other, at the end of it, the Delches just leave the college and go live their lives successfully, and then all the Omegas go and live their lives, and it all goes to shit. And sometimes that's how you win, is just going, I'm fucking leaving and going doing something cooler and more fun. I don't need to do all this shit.

Well, I'm confident in that being on stage is one of the few places I feel confident. So yeah, that confidence is going to come through. But I'm also confident in accepting the fact that whatever turbulence comes my way, because I've come out the other side of so much

Well, I'm confident in that being on stage is one of the few places I feel confident. So yeah, that confidence is going to come through. But I'm also confident in accepting the fact that whatever turbulence comes my way, because I've come out the other side of so much

genuine pain and loss and turbulence that some things now that people take as life-ending, some massive onage on the internet or people attacking them, I'm like, that's just electrons. I just want to do what I think is right and what I feel is the right decision. And if people are either happy with it or not, but if they're not, it's just electrons. It doesn't matter.

genuine pain and loss and turbulence that some things now that people take as life-ending, some massive onage on the internet or people attacking them, I'm like, that's just electrons. I just want to do what I think is right and what I feel is the right decision. And if people are either happy with it or not, but if they're not, it's just electrons. It doesn't matter.

The thing that I'm telling you right now, this perspective is maybe a week old. And a week later, there'll be an even better perspective. I'm at that stage now where there aren't gigantic epiphanies. There are awarenesses. And then there are the... Oh, I can choose to react to this awareness, but all this other stuff about me is never going to totally go away. You just have to learn to manage it.

The thing that I'm telling you right now, this perspective is maybe a week old. And a week later, there'll be an even better perspective. I'm at that stage now where there aren't gigantic epiphanies. There are awarenesses. And then there are the... Oh, I can choose to react to this awareness, but all this other stuff about me is never going to totally go away. You just have to learn to manage it.

You just have to learn to manage it. One of the most important movies that I think that came out in 1999 and for a long time is the movie The Sixth Sense because – At the end of the movie, the kid is not cured of seeing dead people. What he learns is, this is never going away. This will be here. How can you manage it?

You just have to learn to manage it. One of the most important movies that I think that came out in 1999 and for a long time is the movie The Sixth Sense because – At the end of the movie, the kid is not cured of seeing dead people. What he learns is, this is never going away. This will be here. How can you manage it?

Bruce Willis' character says, what do you think these people are trying to say to you? And the kid is like, maybe this has nothing to do with me. Maybe it has to do with them and I can actually help them and I can actually go live a life. So he's still, he's living a better life at the end. He's still seeing these people. I feel like I'm living a better life. I still get resentful.

Bruce Willis' character says, what do you think these people are trying to say to you? And the kid is like, maybe this has nothing to do with me. Maybe it has to do with them and I can actually help them and I can actually go live a life. So he's still, he's living a better life at the end. He's still seeing these people. I feel like I'm living a better life. I still get resentful.

I still get jealous. I still get wracked with self-doubt. That stuff will continue to happen, but it won't own me. It'll be a thing that's there. I'm like, oh, there you are again. Okay, what's going on? All right, we're going to do this then.

I still get jealous. I still get wracked with self-doubt. That stuff will continue to happen, but it won't own me. It'll be a thing that's there. I'm like, oh, there you are again. Okay, what's going on? All right, we're going to do this then.