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Michael Ian Black

The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

— Michael Ian Black war

I honestly believe you can never tell if a relationship is going to last. In my own marriage, which is going on 14 years, I don't think of it as 'I'm going to be with this person forever.' Instead, I think of more like, 'I'll probably be with this person for the next six weeks. Then I'll re-evaluate.'

— Michael Ian Black marriage

Lordy, lordy, lordy do I love money. It is a character flaw, no doubt, one that springs from a panicked childhood in which I always felt as if our family was only a couple missed child support payments from being tossed onto the pitiless streets of our suburban New Jersey town.

— Michael Ian Black love

Separation is the worst. There's no good way to deal with it, other than to get on the phone and do Skype and try to visit.

— Michael Ian Black good

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

— Michael Ian Black self

All the work that I do, whether or not it ends up being commercially successful or not, feels like the most important thing to me while I'm doing it. I try to take something away from every project, and so they all feel like milestones for one reason or another.

— Michael Ian Black success

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons.' Actually, not so much the actual playing as the creation of characters and the opportunity to roll twenty-sided dice. I loved those pouches of dice Dungeon Masters would trundle around, loved choosing what I was going to be: warrior, wizard, dwarf, thief.

— Michael Ian Black love

My absolute favorite growing up was 'Super Friends.' The assemblage of so many mighty heroes in one place was, to me, mind-blowing. It was Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, and then sometimes Hawkman and some other, lesser heroes.

— Michael Ian Black time

There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.

— Michael Ian Black hope

Everybody has something they love to do. Do that thing.

— Michael Ian Black love

Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

— Michael Ian Black think

I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.

— Michael Ian Black music

I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.

— Michael Ian Black comedy

I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries.

— Michael Ian Black win

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob.

— Michael Ian Black war

I take it for what it is, and sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it's sort of mindless, or they're receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it.

— Michael Ian Black time

I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.

— Michael Ian Black good

Best strategy for a first date is to ask her questions. Just keeping asking her questions about herself. Her life, her job, her friends, her taste in movies and music and everything. People mostly just want to talk about themselves, so let her do that.

— Michael Ian Black life

I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.

— Michael Ian Black depression

People recognize me, but they don't know where from. Today I was in the elevator and somebody asked me if I worked for his company.

— Michael Ian Black work

Whenever anyone asks me if I'm from a TV show, I say yes - no matter whether I've ever been on it. It just makes the conversation that much easier.

— Michael Ian Black conversation

Let me tell you, the life of a C list celebrity is pretty sweet. If I want to go to an Applebee's, all I have to do is, literally, walk in the door. They seat me as soon as the other people ahead of me are seated.

— Michael Ian Black life

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

— Michael Ian Black power

I have a good family and I like to be home with them. The older I get, the lazier I get, and the more content I am to sit at home and eat string cheese.

— Michael Ian Black family

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'

— Michael Ian Black college

The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. Thats not hard to do even when youre juggling insane careers and three kids.

— Michael Ian Black war

Thats been my fear all along. That Im not enough, and I still dont trust at all that I am.

— Michael Ian Black fear

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