Part of our job is to dig deep and rediscover the joy that we had when we were first starting out. Also, when you gain responsibility, if you are the host of a TV show and you have responsibilities as a producer and a writer and so forth, you then have to deal with the mechanics of it, which is not always fun. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
Ultimately, some of these things I did not get paid for, they did not further my career, they were done just for fun. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
When I started my own podcast, I realized I definitely wanted to do characters. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
Being in Los Angeles, I’ve had access to some of the best improvisers around and I really study them and what they do. It really it just about listening and what you can add to it. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
When I go in to ‘Comedy Bang Bang,’ I’ll go in most of the time with some beats of where we’re going with the idea. Everything else is improvised. Nothing is scripted. A lot of times I’ll go in there with nothing and it’s just conversation with the character. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
When Huell Howser died, James Adomian had done Huell Howser for years. As crazy as that impression was, James genuinely loved Huell Howser. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote
If you pay attention, stand-up can be great improv training ground. But one of the things that helped me the most was doing warm-up for the ‘Mr. Show’ tapings way back when. Paul F. Tompkins Read Quote