Tig Notaro

Because directing a comedy special is so different than directing a feature film with a huge movie star.

It's just a different world.

Yeah, I mean, and also I've directed other people's stand-up specials, but a lot of directing is...

Camera placement for stand-up specials.

Camera placement and then largely when you're in the editing bay.

And that's fun to me is finding the right camera angles and where to cut off and move on from each moment.

I feel like I have to be submerged in real life and in touch with

So many different experiences.

Otherwise, I don't know.

I mean, you see a lot of people.

I don't know if this is exactly what you're asking, but I think you see a lot of people that get a certain amount of success and then they're not having a terribly normal life.

I mean, it's hard to have a normal life when you're a massive, massive star.

But I just, I feel like real life interactions spark so much.

Yeah.

I mean, I feel like I've gone through different points in my career where I felt like a lot was going on or I had a lot of ideas that excited me in other times where it's like, okay, I need to kind of pull back and see what I'm really feeling because you can get into these modes of like, this is what I do.

And then I write new material and then I go on tour and it's like,

There was a beat after my last special that Stephanie directed and was nominated for an Emmy where I felt like I think I need to take a beat away from touring.

And so I took like two and a half years off.

And I wanted to return with a genuine, authentic excitement about being back.

I think that as far as where the creativity comes from in my past, I mean, I was raised by...