Ben Schwartz
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Podcast Appearances
This is great. Where did you take an improv class?
Who was your teacher? Nice.
Who was your teacher? Nice.
Who was your teacher? Nice.
Armando Diaz.
Armando Diaz.
Armando Diaz.
That's great. This makes me so happy for my community. Yeah. You're scared of it. You hate it.
That's great. This makes me so happy for my community. Yeah. You're scared of it. You hate it.
That's great. This makes me so happy for my community. Yeah. You're scared of it. You hate it.
How are you at improv? Were you so I bet you were very you're trying to get the laugh. So you're not the scene. Exactly. For people who start with stand-ups that start, they'll break the scene to make themselves look funny. I'll be like, man, God, it's cold out here. They'll be like, no, it's not. And I'm like, well, it's like now you got a joke and the scene is over, but now that joke is over.
How are you at improv? Were you so I bet you were very you're trying to get the laugh. So you're not the scene. Exactly. For people who start with stand-ups that start, they'll break the scene to make themselves look funny. I'll be like, man, God, it's cold out here. They'll be like, no, it's not. And I'm like, well, it's like now you got a joke and the scene is over, but now that joke is over.
How are you at improv? Were you so I bet you were very you're trying to get the laugh. So you're not the scene. Exactly. For people who start with stand-ups that start, they'll break the scene to make themselves look funny. I'll be like, man, God, it's cold out here. They'll be like, no, it's not. And I'm like, well, it's like now you got a joke and the scene is over, but now that joke is over.
We're like ball hogs.
We're like ball hogs.
We're like ball hogs.
True. You guys have a thousand examples of people getting paid.
True. You guys have a thousand examples of people getting paid.
True. You guys have a thousand examples of people getting paid.
Like what did you think your career would be? We perform for free. We probably shouldn't get into this too much. But at UCB, I perform for free for my entire career. From 2003 to 2009, I never got paid for a show. And then at the beginning, this is why I think it happens. At the beginning, nobody's coming to my shows. Literally nobody.