Richard Kind

You know, you have to go to the end of the line.

You can't take a pause in the middle of one of his words or one of his sentences.

He writes for actors.

That's what he does.

His songs, although lyrical, are more actory if you're doing a show.

Yes, Send in the Clowns as a solo piece is a lovely song.

But in the show, it takes on a completely different, it's a completely different animal.

And you have to be able to serve that.

Actually, if you're in a sitcom, you can't take a breath in the middle of a line because in order to get the proper laugh, you have to take it to the end of the sentence.

Otherwise, the audience may hear where the joke is gonna go or you can't surprise them.

And there's a rhythm to a joke.

You have to be able to control what that rhythm is.

So smoking is your enemy.

You have to have lung control.

You don't.

For me, I sang... My audition song was Hey There.

I would sing that.

I'd sing... The big song was There Is Nothing Like A Dame.

I got to sing that pretty well.

One night...