Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences.
A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place.
I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it.
When you see a comedian on stage, the best comedians make it feel like a conversation. But it's not. We have very little interest in what an audience has to say during a performance. Being a stand-up comedian, you're an egomaniac to some degree. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say, apparently. That's not how real relationships work.
The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.
Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings.
Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.
I have a great ability to improvise verbally, and I am very funny on a dime.
I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.
Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.