What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me.
What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.
I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
I went to UC Berkeley. I graduated in 1976, immediately moved to L.A. with a degree in English - which did no more for you then than it does for you now - then sold real estate and did theater for nine years.
I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.
I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.
I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down there, and then I kind of just decided for myself that I didn't need to be there to be doing this. I wanted out of some of the chaos that comes with living here and being an actor.
When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at night I would actually go to The Improv and do standup, all the while kind of cultivating my comedy resume.
I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.