For the first actual comedy-comedy I did, I took a comedy class in New York, which was full of slightly unhinged people. It was a pretty depressing crowd, very angry and strange people. But then I took a class at the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I loved those people. Zach Woods Read Quote
When improv is bad, it’s excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture. Zach Woods Read Quote
When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time. Zach Woods Read Quote
I’ve played a lot of characters who are creeps or weirdos, with a deep darkness underneath the surface. Zach Woods Read Quote
Sometimes you’ll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they’ll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They’re sort of commenting as they’re playing the character. I think it’s hard not to do that. I’ve certainly done that. Zach Woods Read Quote
I think that if you’re improvising on TV, it’s a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers. Zach Woods Read Quote
I think a challenge with every sitcom is, how do you maintain things that people are attached to without becoming so reiterative that it just feels like you’re sort of watching a reenactment of previous episodes? Zach Woods Read Quote
Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they’re doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why – it’s such an incredibly competitive market. Zach Woods Read Quote
