Ted Alexandro Quotes
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Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.
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Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.
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Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.
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I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny.
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I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the better, before the parade of distractions starts.
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I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.
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Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.
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I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.
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Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media).
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'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.
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Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.
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Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.
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I think comedy is no different now than it was at other points. It takes a long time to get good and know how to distill what makes you funny beyond the realm of standup, which is what I'm trying to do with 'Teachers Lounge.'
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Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you.
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I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they don't care - in the sense that they know what they're doing. They have a skill.
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I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.
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I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out.
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TV is a different animal. It's not a club set. As you said, you do short sets on TV - about five minutes. So you have to get that rhythm down and also be aware of the camera so you're connecting with the viewers at home as well as the studio audience. It's a different muscle to develop.
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Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime.
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Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young. So it's like he's sort of a senior and I'm a junior, in terms of the business. He's done so much - from writing on Conan and Chris Rock to writing and directing movies, having his own HBO show, "Lucky Louie," and now having "Louie" on FX.
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I'm just looking for a little mystery in life... like things you can't explain. Like, you go to Mexico, they tell you don't drink the water. You go to any diner here, who brings you the water? It's a mystery.
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Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.
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It's harder to reveal sides of yourself that make you vulnerable but it's another muscle that can be developed and one that I think is worthwhile. That said, everyone finds their style. It's personal.
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It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.
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In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.
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Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.
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That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer.
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Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.
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Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young.
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It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment.
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