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
People take toasting way too seriously - especially the clinking glasses part. There are always a few people who are seated too… — 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
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
