Words matter. These are the best Matt Walsh Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I spent a lot of time in Chicago at a place called The Annoyance Theater, where we would develop one-act plays through improv, and you would just improvise scenes and then discover something about the character and use it in the next scene.
I’ve seen several funnel clouds as a kid, too. They’re cool if, you know, they’re, like, two towns over, but they’re scary as hell if you know they’re coming your way.
Authentic discovery, when captured on camera, I think, is tremendous acting.
It’s such a smart decision for comedy to not try to be relevant or contemporary.
Jane Fonda is someone who impressed me.
I’ve always loved improvised movies like Christopher Guest and the ‘Spinal Tap’ era of comedy.
I guess I’m sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you’re a good improviser, so they allow you at least one improv take, and for comedy, that’s great.
When I first started doing press interviews, the big question was, ‘Do you think women are funny?’ People would ask you that in an interview. In an interview! It’s like, of course they are.
There’s a moment in every romantic comedy when a person sees something in someone else that nobody else sees.
Improv is a disposable art form, but it’s kind of freeing in that way, too, because things can fail, and the audience is a little more forgiving.
I’ve always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it.
I’ve seen a little ‘Mighty Boosh.’
I’ve never gotten hired for drama because I’m a good improviser. I don’t think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.
When I came into improv, it was almost like an outsider art form.
I think people who can do comedy well don’t get enough credit. It can be harder than drama.
I had a small part in a storm-chasing movie, so I did some research into storm-chaser culture.
L.A. can be pretty insane because there’s so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer.
Stylistically, in improv, I don’t think you can have as many camera tricks; I think you’re kind of shooting more like a documentary: you don’t know where it’s going, so you have to hang back a little more.
I’m a young boy at heart, I guess.
