An established player in the comedy scene, Eric Andre’s uniquely weird energy will never cease to entertain us through beautiful chaos he brings to the screen.
Born in Florida 1983, the American comedian, actor, television host, writer, musician and producer has had countless opportunities to express his creative freedom in the entertainment industry.
He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of current Adult Swim comedy series The Eric Andre Show, which began airing in 2012. The show has the nominal look and feel of a talk show, but stands apart for no shortage of reasons – particularly the fact that guest stars rarely know exactly what they’re in for.
Eric also played Mike on the FXX series Man Seeking Woman from 2015–2017 and voiced Azizi in the live-action remake of The Lion King in 2019. Other film and television appearances include The Big Bang Theory, Zeke and Luther, Hot in Cleveland, Fact Checkers Unit, The Internship, and 2 Broke Girls. In 2020, Netflix released Andre’s debut standup comedy special Legalize Everything.
His musical side project, Blarf was originally a band which disbanded before Andre revived it a solo act in 2019.
With unstoppable wit, it’s clear when it comes to success Eric Andre knows what he’s doing. We’ve combined his humor with his wisdom to bring you the best quotes the comedian has dropped on air, during interviews and social media.
1. I want to be remembered for my poop jokes. Those are the most important kind.
2. I’m not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.
3. If the crowd is full of assholes, it’s no fun. If the crowd is cool, it’s great.
4. Buzz me mulatto
5. Before the Simpsons, I was 4 years old, so I don’t know exactly what I was thinking before that.
6. This ain't your momma's monologue
7. Like I said, a sketch is one joke. They shouldn’t really be more than a minute, two minutes. There are some shows where the sketch goes on for five minutes. It’s like, I get it! I’m already bored. I did like the joke, but I don’t anymore because you went on too long.
8. I don’t think comedians take advantage of the fact that television and film are visual mediums.
9. You look like the kind of girl who enjoys Doritos
10. You know something is a hit comedically if you can just call up one of your friends and belt out a line from the show and you both start laughing.
11. I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won’t front like I’m super knowledgeable. I just never got around to it.
12. I'm on a new medication
13. Do you think we’re going to hit a tipping point and the world’s going to end?
14. I will smoke crack before I die. I want to see what all the hubbub is about.
15. How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post.
16. Bill Cosby spoke out against The Simpsons and there was this kind of evangelical, right-wing sect that was against The Simpsons. Fox was a new network at the time, though, so they were going to take risks.”
17. I think everyone is bi, right? There’s no such thing as sexual orientation, or race, or gender. Those are all obsolete man-made concepts.
18. I think that we put too much weight on who the president is.
19. I have done some formal acting training because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I’m still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.
20. I think we give human beings too much credit. We’re primates, you know.
21. I was a class clown since second grade.
22. I was eating beans by candlelight for a decade.
23. I used to be a Geico Caveman for live events. I was a corporate mascot. It was the silliest job. It was actually awesome and fun, but it was retarded.
24. Comedy is often about pain.
25. I think part of it is the fact that they were kind of the first of its kind – there weren’t a lot of cartoons for adults. People forget at the time that The Simpsons started out, it was controversial – the fact that they said hell and damn in a cartoon was a lot. America was in an uproar.
26. I care a lot; I’m very sensitive.
27. The president is the country’s scapegoat more than the country’s leader; the president has as much power as we think the president has. Whoever has the most money is the puppet master.
28. I’m insecure, and I need the validation of strangers to feel whole. So, I need every single racist 12-year-old on the Internet to like me, or I don’t feel complete.
29. I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida – the worst place on earth.
30. I’m a lurker and a creep. Women don’t like me because I sleep standing up, like a horse.
31. A hole is a hole has always been my motto.
32. You can’t really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.
33. I’m an elderly Jewish lesbian trapped in a 33-year-old nerd’s body.
34. Are you a Sprite rep? I'm trying to get a Sprite sponsorship
35. Let’s hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.
36. I don’t really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.
37. Time to deliver a pizza ball!
38. Who killed Hannibal?? Who killed Hannibal?
39. You see a lot of sketch variety shows where each segment is one joke that they repeat over and over and over again, and the sketches are always three or four minutes too long.
40. Turn that poop into wine!
41. I think if the joke is in good taste – it’s a good joke.
42. Yah Boobay
43. There are two sides to the coin. I think I’m much happier that [Barack] Obama won over John McCain or Mitt Romney because I think Obama did something culturally for the country.
44. You seem chill as fuck. Whats your credit card number?
45. From ‘Chappelle’s Show’ to ‘Tosh.0,’ there’s so much race comedy. It’s overdone.
46. 311 was an inside job
47. All motivation is defined by intention. If the intention is to hurt, divide, or belittle, it’s wrong; if it’s an attempt to cope with or make sense of tragedy, it’s something different. If it’s commenting on society’s flaws, versus adding to society’s flaws, I think the audience can tell.