Will Forte rose through the ranks of some of the most renowned comedies with the usual mix of persistence and absurdity, repeatedly clubbing people with his jokes until his humor was acknowledged – or until he was humiliated enough to stop. “People like me don’t get discovered,” he explains. Until now. And by director Alexander Payne, who cast him seemingly way against type in his acclaimed film Nebraska.
Off Camera asks the actor about how he managed not to become a financial broker, his transition from writing comedy to performing it and what he’s learned from an impressive and generous set of mentors along the way. In turn, Forte takes the celery out of his butt, stops humping innocent musical instruments and gets real about the role of a lifetime.
Will Forte rose through the ranks of some of the most renowned comedies with the usual mix of persistence and absurdity, repeatedly clubbing people with his jokes until his humor was acknowledged – or until he was humiliated enough to stop. “People like me don’t get discovered,” he explains. Until now. And by director Alexander Payne, who cast him seemingly way against type in his acclaimed film Nebraska.
Off Camera asks the actor about how he managed not to become a financial broker, his transition from writing comedy to performing it and what he’s learned from an impressive and generous set of mentors along the way. In turn, Forte takes the celery out of his butt, stops humping innocent musical instruments and gets real about the role of a lifetime.
Martin Short doesn’t need to be the funniest guy in the room, he just is. But whether inhabiting his one-man library of moronic, exuberant characters or killing it as one of late night’s favorite talk show guests, Short works hard to make it look easy. The comic talks to Off Camera about what he learned about preparation from the masters of classic comedy, the confidence that carried him from musical theater to SCTV and SNL and his own Primetime Glick. In a somewhat intimidating meta-moment, Off Camera Interviews the consummate interviewer.
Martin Short doesn’t need to be the funniest guy in the room, he just is. But whether inhabiting his one-man library of moronic, exuberant characters or killing it as one of late night’s favorite talk show guests, Short works hard to make it look easy. The comic talks to Off Camera about what he learned about preparation from the masters of classic comedy, the confidence that carried him from musical theater to SCTV and SNL and his own Primetime Glick. In a somewhat intimidating meta-moment, Off Camera Interviews the consummate interviewer.
Martin Short doesn’t need to be the funniest guy in the room, he just is. But whether inhabiting his one-man library of moronic, exuberant characters or killing it as one of late night’s favorite talk show guests, Short works hard to make it look easy. The comic talks to Off Camera about what he learned about preparation from the masters of classic comedy, the confidence that carried him from musical theater to SCTV and SNL and his own Primetime Glick. In a somewhat intimidating meta-moment, Off Camera Interviews the consummate interviewer.
Stacy Peralta’s the kind of guy who’s incapable of doing anything but exactly what he wants to do. Or as he more eloquently puts it: “I’m simply going to do what I’ve always done, which is make what I want to make. Screw the career. Screw the whole thing.” The same attitude that took him across the country on an illegal 120-pool skateboarding spree led to legend status in the skate world, and an unlikely career as a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker whose first documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys won Sundance Film Festival awards and sold millions of copies. But skaters only make such tricks look easy. Peralta tells Off Camera it was anything but…
Stacy Peralta’s the kind of guy who’s incapable of doing anything but exactly what he wants to do. Or as he more eloquently puts it: “I’m simply going to do what I’ve always done, which is make what I want to make. Screw the career. Screw the whole thing.” The same attitude that took him across the country on an illegal 120-pool skateboarding spree led to legend status in the skate world, and an unlikely career as a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker whose first documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys won Sundance Film Festival awards and sold millions of copies. But skaters only make such tricks look easy. Peralta tells Off Camera it was anything but…
Stacy Peralta’s the kind of guy who’s incapable of doing anything but exactly what he wants to do. Or as he more eloquently puts it: “I’m simply going to do what I’ve always done, which is make what I want to make. Screw the career. Screw the whole thing.” The same attitude that took him across the country on an illegal 120-pool skateboarding spree led to legend status in the skate world, and an unlikely career as a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker whose first documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys won Sundance Film Festival awards and sold millions of copies. But skaters only make such tricks look easy. Peralta tells Off Camera it was anything but…
