Bill Irwin Quotes

I always wanted to host a show, throw whipped-cream pies. Theater is not my cup of tea.

Theatre sports is the best improv training period.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

Pantomime is a big thing in the cultural calendar of my country, you know. So subtlety's not my forte.

There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm like - 'I can't laugh that much. That's so weird to me.'

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

I certainly enjoy doing pantomime-y things, but I didn't have any specific training in it.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

Stand-up is very broad strokes, kind of a skeleton of a story or something.

I love being in these ensemble comedy movies. I love working with a bunch of people and coming up with, you know, How can we make this moment funnier?

Comedy can't be done in a vacuum, and you can't do it on your own. So if you have a community of people, it's a great symbiotic relationship.

I have done 'Gutar-Gu,' which was a silent comedy show.

I would love to do a comedy, and I think physical comedy is something I probably have a knack on.

If you've ever been to a great clown show, there's always a moment where the clown goes into the house and fuses with the audience. There's something fantastic about the improv of it all.

I did clown training for months.

Let me make something clear: I can't do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

If acting with other people is in your plans, then you need to learn how to work with other people to build a comedic premise.

When you are doing comedy, you need to get the right reaction from your partner.

The audience is your first collaborator with the material. If that makes sense.

One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

I think stand-up comedy is this - it's this kind of indulgence and narcissism.

I love writing stand-up so much and tinkering and looking for ideas.

The trouble with improv is that it is often about being funny in the moment without any real consideration for the bigger picture.