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" It's hard to tell what is even mainstream anymore because there's so many platforms now. And they're all topics of conversation. "
Scott Adsit
Conversation
Because
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" The way I was brought up in improv was that any idea you have is not as good as your partner's idea, so if I see someone else initiating at the same time I am, I just defer to them because I assume their idea is going be better. And hopefully, they're doing the same with me. "
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" My first car was a Buick Skyhawk from, like, '78, I think. I ran that thing into the gutter. It was shaped like an egg; it was cool. "
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" A nightmare would be when somebody is trying to be funnier than everyone else. And you've got a group scene or two-person scene, and one person decides, 'I'm the funny in this,' and bulldozes everyone else, and they make sure they're the reason everyone loves the scene. "
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" I was doing a show in L.A. called 'Celebrity Autobiography,' where celebrities read excerpts from other celebrities' books and hang themselves with their own rope. "
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" I think most of my tastes were British, as far as comedy went, when I was growing up. "
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" I came up through Second City, so I'm used to playing 20 characters every night who are very different from each other. I wouldn't want my career to be any different. "
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" I put my foot in my mouth more than I speak properly. "
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" I've been doing improv since high school, and I've been getting paid for it since I was 20. "
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" People just associate me with comedy - not that I mind. I don't mind that at all. "
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