Quotes from Chris Cubas

I definitely have friends who gave me a tag for a joke I already had. Like, 'Here's another line.' A tag is, 'Oooooh, it's an industry term.' It's like, there's the punchline, and a tag is like a secondary punchline.

I was living in upstate New York, in Kingston - small town, no comedy scene except for my friends and I doing these DIY shows and whatnot. And we put together this thing called the 'Altercation Punk Rock Comedy Tour.'

I wanna be funny, but if I have a chance to make a point while being funny - why not?

Everybody wants to be Doug Stanhope; everybody wants to be Bill Hicks - and those are great people to aim for, but they had the fundamentals down. They knew how to be funny.

I felt like I couldn't meet a single rich person. Regardless of where I live, they don't want to talk to me. I threw a barbecue and invited the whole neighborhood, and nobody showed up.

When 'Titanic' came out on VHS, I was working at a Sam's Club, which is already the worst. I don't know what you know about working for the Walton family, but it's horrific.

The holy grail for me is just stand-up - It's always been that. If I can just tour and headline in stand-up, that's the dream. But I'll do anything that looks like fun, y'know?

I don't know a single person that's like, ''Avatar' is my favorite movie.' It never even comes up. I don't know anyone that will defend that movie.

Kansas City, well, part of the town's pretty cool, and part of the town is not. But it's gonna be that way no matter where you go.

Put me on the Food Network - I'll be the funniest guy talking about food. I don't care.

There's a difference between hiring writers and stealing jokes.

Twitter is basically just writing a bunch of one-liners - it's a short form or whatever.

I hated 'Avatar' from the jump. And I like James Cameron. I'm not opposed to James Cameron.

If you like looking at 'Starry Night' or water lilies or whatever, then why does it matter if it's an original? If the artist is still alive, and you want to support them, I get it. But if you want some famous dead guy's work, that's just a way for rich people to show off. It's the upper-class version of driving a giant Hummer.

If you have any sense, if you're any good at comedy, you come to Austin.

It's weird writing for a documentary because I have all these ideas for what I want to happen, but what actually happens is obviously completely different.