Sean Hayes

I auditioned for the improv group my fourth day of college, and the director was a young man named Nick Kroll.

He cast me.

Yeah, he was a senior.

I was a freshman, and he cast me in the improv group.

Very much changed my life.

Wait, where was this?

What college was this?

This was Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Right, where you studied theology as well?

Yeah, English and theology.

Why?

Oh, I thought- Want to be a priest?

No, I mainly studied Jewish theology.

There were a couple of very good Jewish studies professors at Georgetown, and I just found it much more interesting theology because it's a lot more like, what the hell do we know?

Yeah, Catholics was a lot more like, do this and you'll spend this many days in fire, but then you can get out if someone prays for you.

There were too many rules, too much structure.

Judaism was a lot of like, who the hell are you to ask?

You know, like, is there a God?

Like, who the hell are you?

Sounds like shorter chapters, which is probably smart.