Melissa will do anything to get a laugh. It’s pathological. Once [with the Groundlings] she had a sketch where this guy spurns her, and she gets so mad that she tries to pop these balloons she’s brought him. She couldn’t get one to pop, but she wasn’t going to lose. She finally head-butts the freaking thing, and it pops, and she smashes her face into the stage and breaks her nose. To this day she’s like, “Well, the audience liked it.”
— Ben Falcone, A Brief Oral History of Melissa McCarthy’s Huge Bridesmaids Performance
Failure is part of it. You will be rejected dozens and dozens of times. The best way to prepare for it is to have something else in the works by the time the rejection letter arrives. Invest your hope in the next project. Learning to cope with rejection is a good trait to develop.”
— Po Bronson
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New York Magazine’s superb article about the UCB, with interview excerpts from some of the people who have helped make it what it is.
It’s exciting to be a small part of this community.
I love this!
“Moving to New York and trying to get a show—oh my God, we were naive. But the great thing about taking big chances when you’re younger is you have less to lose, and you don’t know as much. So you take big swings.” - Amy Poehler
NYTimes profile of Mindy Kaling* »
I also like this profile of her from New York, published almost-exactly-a-year ago.
She’s unapologetic and outwardly self-assured, she’s hardworking, she’s smart, she’s savvy, she’s funny, and I bet we could read people.com together. Oh, Mindy!
*that I read the second she posted to twitter.
