People are either funny or they're not, and you can't teach that - but you can teach people to work together to… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
The one thing that's depressing as a comedian to realize is that rock stars get groupies, and comedians don't. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever had a conversation with a comedian who stole except for when it's been in anger. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
People get recruited from sketch groups and put on 'Mad TV' and 'SNL,' but those aren't ensembles, they're all-star teams. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
In most specials, the performer's up - not only not surrounded, but up on a stage - and there's a distance between… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Standups have all the talk shows, but you never see a sketch group on a talk show. Even on so-called variety shows,… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
When we started doing sketch comedy - actually in '91 in Chicago - making your own videos, which we did, took forever.… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
So many comedians, if you asked them, 'What's your priority in standup?' it's probably gonna be to make people laugh or to… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Often, when people don't do so well in a monologue at UCB, it's because they're racking their brain so hard to be… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I never liked the glossiness of highly produced standup specials in general - I like it where it has more of a… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Instead of improvisers who want to be funny by themselves, we aim to try and make the scene itself as funny as… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I do believe if we opened up a comedy theater in a city, that we're going to be able to teach improv… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed doing stand-up. Andy Kaufman was a big hero of mine. I tried to do conceptual stuff like he tried to do. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I guess that I was always considered a little too weird for the standup clubs and probably too jokey for doing performance art and… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
“My name is Matt Besser, and I'm an Arkansas Razorback. My father is a Jew from Little Rock, Ark., my mother was a Christian… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep:… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with me.' And… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
There's a creative vibe at U.C.B., and to maintain it, we can't pay people. If you pay, then you have to assign worth to… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
