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Matt Besser

I used to go to those dance circles when I was a kid. When break dancing was first popular in the ’80s. I would be in Boston, or I’d head up to New York, and I would stand in those circles, and I would just be blown away.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Neil Mahoney was definitely the visionary in taking ‘Freak Dance’ from stage to screen. He made it more cinematic. He brought the choreography, all the ways to shoot that. I was more the director of actors. I was in front of the camera directing, and he was behind the camera directing.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build a comedic premise.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

I think it’s pretty stupid to write off an entire genre of anything. It’s one thing to say ‘I don’t like country music.’ But it’s pretty narrow minded to say ‘All country music sucks.’ Of course, that being said, all short-form improv sucks.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children playing than a comedy performance.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

I’m more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

I really enjoyed doing stand-up. Andy Kaufman was a big hero of mine. I tried to do conceptual stuff like he tried to do.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

When I came to Chicago, I didn’t even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn’t know what the word ‘improvisation’ meant.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying – it’s not going to come off great, but you can get through the scene – whereas in improv, that’s gonna be impossible.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

The one thing that’s depressing as a comedian to realize is that rock stars get groupies, and comedians don’t.

– Matt Besser

Matt Besser

People get recruited from sketch groups and put on ‘Mad TV’ and ‘SNL,’ but those aren’t ensembles, they’re all-star teams.

– Matt Besser

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