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Matt Walsh
American
Actor
Born:
Oct 13
,
1964
Always
Comedy
Improv
People
Think
You
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I spent a lot of time in Chicago at a place called The Annoyance Theater, where we would develop one-act plays through improv, and you would just improvise scenes and then discover something about the character and use it in the next scene.
Matt Walsh
Time
Character
You
Improvise
Spent
Would
About
Something
Scene
Scenes
Through
Develop
Annoyance
Discover
Lot
Chicago
Improv
Just
Where
Place
Theater
Then
Next
Use
Plays
Authentic discovery, when captured on camera, I think, is tremendous acting.
Matt Walsh
Think
Tremendous
Camera
Discovery
Authentic
Acting
Captured
When I first started doing press interviews, the big question was, 'Do you think women are funny?' People would ask you that in an interview. In an interview! It's like, of course they are.
Matt Walsh
Funny
You
Women
People
First
Big
Think
Funny People
Interview
Interviews
Press
Would
Like
Course
Doing
Question
Women Are
Big Question
Ask
Started
I've always loved improvised movies like Christopher Guest and the 'Spinal Tap' era of comedy.
Matt Walsh
Comedy
Christopher
Guest
Spinal
Spinal Tap
Like
Always
Era
Tap
Improvised
Loved
Movies
The thing about 'Veep' is that you never really know where the camera's going to be. So you're not really just saying your line and then just watching it: you're trying to act the whole time just in case the camera is watching you.
Matt Walsh
Saying
Time
You
About
Case
Never
Know
Line
Camera
Trying
Going
Just
Where
Then
Really
Act
Your
Whole
Thing
Watching
Jane Fonda is someone who impressed me.
Matt Walsh
Me
Someone
Fonda
Impressed
Jane
Jane Fonda
Who
There's a moment in every romantic comedy when a person sees something in someone else that nobody else sees.
Matt Walsh
Comedy
Every
Else
Someone
Something
Sees
Nobody
Nobody Else
Person
Romantic
Romantic Comedy
Moment
There's something outrageously funny about the bold-faced lying that's going on, in a general way. Just the blatant denial of facts, whether it's climate change or crowd sizes. Every day, there's another blatant lie. I think there's comedy in there somewhere.
Matt Walsh
Funny
Day
Change
Every Day
Lie
Comedy
Denial
Somewhere
Every
Think
Lying
Way
About
Something
General
Crowd
Facts
Blatant
Another
Climate
Climate Change
Going
Just
Sizes
Whether
I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it.
Matt Walsh
Experience
Make
Because
Always
Improv
Movie
Wanted
Much
I love 'A Mighty Wind.' Even though it's not a funny movie, I think that's kind of beautiful and sweet.
Matt Walsh
Love
Funny
Beautiful
Wind
Sweet
Think
Funny Movie
Though
Kind
Movie
Mighty
Even
You can't be controlling in improv.
Matt Walsh
You
Controlling
Improv
I've seen several funnel clouds as a kid, too. They're cool if, you know, they're, like, two towns over, but they're scary as hell if you know they're coming your way.
Matt Walsh
You
Clouds
Seen
Hell
Too
Way
Several
Kid
Scary
Over
Like
Towns
Know
Coming
Your
Cool
Two
I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that's great.
Matt Walsh
Good
Great
You
People
Comedy
Guess
At Least One
Take
Allow
Spoiled
Know
Most
Sort
Because
Least
Improv
Get
Improviser
Things
I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.
Matt Walsh
Good
You
People
Think
Drama
Write
Never
Because
Gotten
Hired
Improviser
Want
Scripts
Them
Much
Who
Playing
I'm a huge fan of Chicago sports and Chicago food, and I love going home and my family is still there. I guess it's pretty easy to have a normal life in Chicago.
Matt Walsh
Life
Love
Food
Home
Family
Sports
Guess
Easy
Pretty
Still
Normal
Chicago
Huge
Normal Life
Huge Fan
Going
Going Home
Fan
Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up.
Matt Walsh
Website
Politics
You
Entertainment
Remember
Word
Severe
Those
Anecdotes
More
Date
Points
Come
Well
Ready
Questions
Up
Hit
Than
Stories
Might
Asked
Much
Rehearse
When I started doing improv in Chicago, for every five teams, one or two would have one woman.
Matt Walsh
Woman
Every
One Or Two
Would
Doing
Chicago
Five
Improv
Teams
Started
Two
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