He fought his inner wuss and groaned, “Fine. Bait me up and show me the hook.
Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.
Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try and come up with some songs that we could all participate in.
Before you approach a production entity or even a potential producer, you should write up a treatment and register your show with the Writers Guild of America.
If the baby is sick, you won't find me showing up to play my gigs. If I have a contract, there is going to be a clause in that contract saying that if the baby is sick I will not appear.
I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
The real intimidating stuff is the scene where you show up for the first day. You kind of square off, and that is where you look each other in the eye.
There was so long from when we did the pilot and then when the show was eventually picked up by Comedy Central - and, in fact, we had to shoot the pilot twice.
I remember clearly watching a 'Sooty Show' at a theatre and telling my mum I wanted to be up with the puppets, not in the audience.
When your past shows up to haunt you, make sure it comes after supper so it doesn't ruin your whole day.
It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show.
Being a correspondent on 'The Daily Show' is some combination of doing a character and doing stand-up. It's a juggling act to find a balance between being you and playing a role.
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.
I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show.
But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.
I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.
Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.
Keeping Christ in Christmas" is like showing up at someone's house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.
