Misery Loves Comedy Page #2

Synopsis: A group of stand-up comics, comedic actors and comedic filmmakers are individually interviewed about different aspects of the profession especially as it relates to their personal life. The topics of questions and answers include: the relationship with their parents with regard to their comedy; why they chose what is a natural kid's path of wanting attention as a career; when and/or how they discovered how comedy really works; the rush or high of performing; the need for public adoration; the comics that they admired early in their career and what material they may have stolen from other comics; when they knew their comedy had matured to professional status; the feeling of bombing; the relationship with peers, especially in comparison to relationships with non-comics; and the process of putting in the countless hours. The ultimate question placed to them is do you have to be miserable to be funny?
Director(s): Kevin Pollak
Production: Tribeca Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
PG-13
Year:
2015
94 min
$5,250
Website
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I don't want to get out of shot,

she'd stand up and go...

"Oh, Bill never had six penises.

How dare you?!"

It was absolutely

the oddest show,

'cause they all went, "Boo!

You're putting your dad down."

No, it was a joke

before she showed up.

HBO used to do

a thing in Bryant Park,

where you'd face the library

and they would

have comics on stage,

live, and no censorship

during afternoons in the summer.

My mother and father

happened to be in for that

and the place is packed

and it's spectacular to be able

to yell the word "f***"

and throw it out

and have it hit the library

and bounce back at you is...

It's like heaven.

And the crowd was great.

I finished up

and my mother goes,

"Oh, my God,

they really do like you."

There's always been a judgment.

"That was funny."

Almost like a comic, like,

"I know, but you

should have laughed."

"Oh, I was thinking about it,

if there was any ways

to improve it."

I just did Letterman last week.

He found...

"I found no room

for improvement."

That's always

the first thing out of...

"However,

you can tell David Letterman,

"if you have a chance, I don't

know if he's talkative,

"that that set is too busy.

"I mean, why are you standing

in front of New York City?

"What... what is that?

There should be a nice curtain

that goes with your outfit."

Well, you let me

get right on that.

By the way, he's not wrong.

He's not wrong.

That's the frustrating part.

He's not wrong.

If you change your mind, you can

always go back to Conan, right?

I mean, that was

literally, within...

that was within the 10 seconds

of... of his

first reaction was...

"When the world

beats you to sh*t,

you can come back with your tail

between your legs, can't you?"

And I said,

"Yeah, but I'm not really...

that's not really kinda what

I'm focused on right now, Dad."

Now, one could make the case

that he was right.

I came crawling back

after being chewed up

and spit out

by this goddamn town.

But I would just like you for

once to go, "That was great,"

but there's always a criticism.

"Okay, so we're not allowed...

So, should I say something nice

first and then I can say..."

That'd be nice.

That's a start.

Let's start there, but then it

comes out as Irish sarcastic.

"Well, your jeans fit great."

Acceptance is...

has al...

been a big part of... of

dealing with who he was

and realizing very early in life

that I was far from perfect

made it a little bit easier,

but not much, and there's

a whole 'nother layer to it.

It's like, when you're...

when you're a junior,

you're really just

a statue built to honor

that which walked

before you, right?

Like, your name is his.

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Kevin Pollak

Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, impressionist, and comedian. He has appeared in over 80 films, his most notable roles including Sam Weinberg in the legal film A Few Good Men, Jacob Goldman in Grumpy Old Men and its sequel Grumpier Old Men; Todd Hockney in The Usual Suspects, Philip Green in Casino, and Bobby Chicago in End of Days. Pollak is an avid poker player, hosting weekly home games with some of Hollywood's A-list celebrities. He finished 134th out of 6,598 entrants in the 2012 World Series of Poker, his winnings totaling to $52,718. more…

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