I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band, do an album, quit music, then do a gallery show. Eventually I decided to give writing a serious shot.
I started writing because it was hard to find acting jobs. I didn't like any monologues in auditions, so I started to write my own things. Since then, I have written a couple of shows. I was nominated for playwright of the year for a play I wrote called 'Potential Space.'
When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.
I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.
In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
I started trying to be a writer and failed for years. I tried novels, short stories, sitcoms, movies, plays, anything. And then, to support myself, I had millions of jobs on the fringes of show business.
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.
I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote.
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.