Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross. "
Lauren Lapkus
Looking
Done
Get
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Time
Fun
Character
" I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point. "
Lauren Lapkus
Make A Difference
I Believe
Believe
" I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school. "
Lauren Lapkus
Clown
School
Think
" Society is really coming to a point where they're not asking if women can be funny anymore. We all know they obviously are. "
Lauren Lapkus
Funny
Women
Know
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Feel
Attention
Passionate
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Joy
People
Moments
" I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film. "
Lauren Lapkus
TV
Voice
Own
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
You
Comedy
Doing
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Hate
You
Writing
" It's really fun to play a character that fights back and say what she means. "
Lauren Lapkus
Character
Fun
Play
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Best
Confidence
College
" I did a number of local children's theater plays growing up, but in 5th grade, I had some good times on stage making people laugh as a troll in 'The Hobbit.' That solidified my dream to be on 'Saturday Night Live,' which was hugely influential for me growing up. "
Lauren Lapkus
Good
Children
Me
" Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true. "
Lauren Lapkus
Come
Dream
Getting
" I'm a huge 'Bachelor' fan! "
Lauren Lapkus
Fan
Huge
Bachelor
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Humor
Good
Myself
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Play
Think
Sweet
" I've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are 10 that I know more in-depth. "
Lauren Lapkus
Done
Different
Think
" I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure. "
Lauren Lapkus
Spot
I Love
Like
" So many of my characters have really crazy physicalities, so it's really fun to be able to say, like, 'I'm an elf who's the size of a dollar bill!' "
Lauren Lapkus
Like
Crazy
Say
" I feel like that would be pretty strange to meet a voice actor as a kid. "
Lauren Lapkus
Feel
Voice
Kid
" Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night. "
Lauren Lapkus
People
Done
Jail
" For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life. "
Lauren Lapkus
Sad
Life
Kind
" I'm really thankful for my improv background. "
Lauren Lapkus
Improv
Thankful
Background
" I love L.A. and feel attached to this city, but I don't identify myself as being a part of it. "
Lauren Lapkus
Attached
City
Part
" I'm more of a tomboy - I fall into the jeans-and-a-T-shirt style, for sure - but I have a girlie side to me. "
Lauren Lapkus
Style
Side
Fall
" 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. "
Lauren Lapkus
Forget
New York
Love
" Doing improv really got me started in my whole career. "
Lauren Lapkus
Got
Started
Me
" I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters. "
Lauren Lapkus
Get
Kind
Personal
" A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level. They're not based on anyone I've ever met, but they are these extreme versions of something. "
Lauren Lapkus
Next
Born
Take
" I live for watching TV and partying with my book club. "
Lauren Lapkus
Club
Live
Watching