Baron Vaughn Quotes

 "If you're driving down the street, you keep the neck forward. So that way you can clear out the lanes." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Shrimp are the insects of the ocean. They're bottom feeders. So they're delicious, but they're the bugs of the sea." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "The thing is that where I want to go isn't necessarily tied to what's going on there politically, but I think Vietnam is a really beautiful country. I think Thailand is also really beautiful." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That's sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs are for the reasons I want. It becomes a back and forth dance with the audience." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "The audience is your first collaborator with the material. If that makes sense." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "The audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Sometimes you're not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn't mean it's not funny. It means you haven't explored it enough." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I'll get laughs in the places I don't want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in. I don't mean to get too deep into comedy here." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "First of all I love Empire Records and That Thing You Do and all the movies he did from that era. He hates when I bring that up." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I can't do Christopher Walken impressions anymore, thanks [Barack] Obama." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I read recently that I was born in Arizona. I wasn't born in Arizona. I was born in New Mexico, but I can understand why people might confuse those two Southwestern desert states." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "The Middle East is gorgeous, but again, politically, I would not want to go there." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "The alphabet was invented in Iraq, so it's a cool place." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I was processing a lot of different things and kind of looking over a lot of things and rethinking my childhood." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I think Batman Returns is right for riffs. I love it but it's the ultimate Tim Burton movie. There is so much that happens that's crazy and there are a ton of things to riff." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."" ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Netflix is very protective with their information ." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Being around Lily Tomlin has been great, how she treats people, how she handles herself, how she goes about interpreting her character or deciding how the comedy should work." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "Lily Tomlin...I used to watch reruns of Laugh-In and she was always my favorite part. She's this very unique talent and the way she does things has been a very big influence on me." ~ Baron Vaughn

 "I'm working with a lot of legends who are brilliant who are people I've looked up to from a very young age." ~ Baron Vaughn