Matt Besser

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

— Matt Besser

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

I really enjoyed doing stand-up. Andy Kaufman was a big hero of mine. I tried to do conceptual stuff like he tried…

— Matt Besser

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

I guess that I was always considered a little too weird for the standup clubs and probably too jokey for doing performance…

— Matt Besser

I can't stand USC. They get such media attention.

— Matt Besser

“My name is Matt Besser, and I'm an Arkansas Razorback. My father is a Jew from Little Rock, Ark., my mother was…

— Matt Besser

Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more…

— Matt Besser

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

— Matt Besser

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…

— Matt Besser

Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with…

— Matt Besser

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…

— Matt Besser

For all you Joe Besser haters who claim that he was the worst Stooge, that's not true - Curly Joe DeRita was…

— Matt Besser

Every funny story has at least one unusual thing in it.

— Matt Besser

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the…

— Matt Besser

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

We agree that there is a problem in the sketch and improv community where, in general, there should be more interest from…

— Matt Besser

You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.

— Matt Besser

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

I'm more of a sketch guy than a standup.

— Matt Besser

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

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build…

— Matt Besser

Neil Mahoney was definitely the visionary in taking 'Freak Dance' from stage to screen. He made it more cinematic. He brought the…

— Matt Besser

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

— Matt Besser

There's nothing more pathetic than listening to a football game over the Internet, but I've done that.

— Matt Besser