quotes – a big brother memoir special edition

The following quotes were all selected by Lauren Graham, who is currently the sucker—I mean, director for the always forthcoming Big Brother Memoir.

“can you guys be quiet? we’re making a hit in this office.”
—rick kosick, telling people to shut up while shooting an interview for the big brother memoir

“if you’re making a documentary about yourself, you’re an asshole.”
—dave carnie

“people were scared.”
—ed templeton, regarding big brother in general

“tremaine’s role on the big brother road trips was to be the biggest steaming pile of shit he could be. and i think he accomplished that.”
—dimitry elyashkevich

“my pee tastes like beer.”
—dave carnie

“carnie shouldn’t teach kids. he’s a bad influence on everyone.”
—jeff tremaine, commenting on carnie’s job as a high school teacher prior to working on big brother

“god i hate this magazine.”
—mike valley, regarding big brother in general

“i don’t know if anyone can win the depends olympics. i think we were all losers there.”
—chris nieratko

“no, transworld did not have their own midget.”
—dave swift, former transworld skateboarding editor, when asked if they had a midget working on their magazine too

“maybe if he drank i’d remember more about him.”
—dimitry elyashkevich, on giovanni reda’s involvement with big brother

“i think i may have drank too much.”
—sean cliver, before his interview

“and we can do this again. i don’t mind coming back here and drinking more.”
—johnny knoxville, at the end of his interview

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