DIE ACTOR DIE

Gothamist (the coolest named “ist”) has an interview with my favorite underrated actor and 30 ROCK star, Scott Adsit.

Money shot:

How do you feel about Improv vs. standup? Have you ever performed standup or had any interest in doing so?
I tried stand-up in the early Nineties with Dino. I liked performing that way. It was like walking up to the batter’s box. People say it’s nerve-racking; torturously soul crushing to walk out there. I liked it. What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They’re a different breed than the bitter, yet eager psyches in the wings of an Improv theatre. Struggling stand-ups have externalized self-loathing into an art form. They’re a hunching, quaking, unshaven lot.

I’ve liked Scott ever since MR. SHOW, but as I’ve said on this here blog before, my favorite thing he’s done is a sketch called “GUMP” which he did with Adam McKay at Second City. Nerd Fact: Scott and Adam were members of The Second City along with Kevin Dorff, Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch. They created and performed two award winning reviews Paradigm Lost and Pinata Full of Bees, both directed by Mick Napier.