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" I love watching people tell stories, because it's very vulnerable. "
Lauren Lapkus
Tell
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People
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" I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person. "
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" The secret to podcast success is sticking with it and making it fun for yourself. "
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" The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for. "
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" Comedy is my first love; that's my main goal in life - to keep doing comedy. "
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" 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. "
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" For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life. "
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" It's really fun to play a character that fights back and say what she means. "
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" I feel like that would be pretty strange to meet a voice actor as a kid. "
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" When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable. "
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" Every so often, you have to do a show that makes you walk to your car with your head down, wondering what you're doing with your life. It's good for you, as long as you're not feeling that way every night. "
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Walk
" You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross. "
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" That's what's so great, I get to play any character in the world. And I think that's one of the things that makes doing 'Comedy Bang Bang' or other improv podcasts so fun, as well as my own, is that you can really explore a character deeply for a long period of time that is nothing like yourself. "
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" I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah. "
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" Doing improv really got me started in my whole career. "
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" Doing 'Comedy Bang! Bang!,' you have to play at the top of your abilities, so it is so fun to get that opportunity. I've grown a lot as a performer just working with those guys. "
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Doing
" I'm a huge 'Bachelor' fan! "
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Huge
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" I love creating characters that are ridiculous and flawed. To me, the most important thing about comedy is the joy it can bring to the performers and the audience alike. I love making people laugh and not over-thinking things. Some of my favorite moments are when I am doing an improv scene with friends, and I can't stop laughing during it. "
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Joy
People
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" Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true. "
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Getting
" My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me. "
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Humor
Good
Myself
" I live for watching TV and partying with my book club. "
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Watching
" I think that by doing the podcast, I've grown to actually enjoy hosting a little more and realize that my role is a bit of a host, even though I thought I was totally avoiding that by creating this construct. But hosting a late night show has never really been a goal of mine in particular, but it could be fun. "
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Thought
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" Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night. "
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People
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Jail
" The podcasts that keep my attention are those where I can feel the hosts and guests are enjoying themselves or are really passionate about the subject matter. "
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" The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion. "
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" I love watching 'The Real Housewives of New York.' That's my guilty pleasure. But I don't even feel guilty. I can just watch it, zone out, and forget about my problems. "
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" I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point. "
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" I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters. "
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" It's like, if you tweet anything about One Direction, you'll get a lot of hate - immediately. They're just searching the words and then writing back to anybody who writes about them. "
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Writing
" I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film. "
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TV
Voice
Own
" I was invited to do an all-female improv festival in Portland called All Jane, No Dick. The person running it asked me if I had a female improv team, and I just said yes and then figured out who I would want to bring with me. We had such a fun show together that we decided that we should keep doing it. "
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