American - Actress | September 6, 1985 -
I love watching people tell stories, because it's very vulnerable.
Lauren Lapkus
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I was invited to do an all-female improv festival in Portland called All Jane, No Dick. The person running it asked me if I had a female improv team, and I just said yes and then figured out who I would want to bring with me. We had such a fun show together that we decided that we should keep doing it.
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You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross.
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I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level.
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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.
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You have to go as hard as you possibly can, or it's going to be weak. Whenever I find myself not committing fully to a character, it's not as funny. It doesn't have that clear point of view, and you find yourself wandering all over the place, whereas committed characters make strong choices that are clear to the audience.
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For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life.
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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.
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I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters.
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