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[Shrug] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
If you could make it here, you could make it anywhere.
Yeah, but why?
(What shereallydoesnt buy is that idea that its less racist than the South, where shes from.)
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I moved to New York,orI made it.
I moved to L.A.
But the difference seems to be that when people move to L.A., they just move to L.A.
It just seems weird to me because I dont like going toe to toe with a municipality.
Did I know that I would say something to piss off my ex?
Its also a very small cast.
Alec Mapas in it, Fortune Feimster, Kevin Nash, Malin Akerman.
I speak Spanish; they were talking to me in Spanish.
I was like, Really?
And they were like, Yeah.
Because people come down to shoot productions here all the time.
We never see people that look like us as the lead actors in anything.
Or even in it.
So for me, it was a huge opportunity because this was my first leading role in a movie.
Well, I heard about this.
Did you go out for this?
because of what our look is.
Were not delusional as to how the business works.
We know we have the same look; were gonna go out for the same stuff.
They speak louder, but that makes the audience speak louder so now were in a competition.
So this other comic was basically just almost yelling his whole set.
It was a very fun thing to watch, and he got offstage exhausted.
I got offstage and another comic was like, When you dropped your volume, they stopped talking.
I said, Yeah, what do you mean?
He was like, A lot of comics yell over the crowd.
You dropped your volume down.
So since you dropped the volume down, they started paying attention.
Because Id been performing for so long just doing theater, theater instincts kind of kicked in.
Ive done like 14 childrens shows.
So your natural instinct is to go,Wait, what did they say?
What did they say?Your natural instinct is to pay attention when someone drops their volume.
You cant come in with the wagging of the finger:I got a two-drink minimum.
Im not gonna yell at you.
Were all adults in here.
On Outdoor Comedy Shows During the Pandemic
Sometimes we give the audience too much credit.
Sometimes we dont give the audience enough credit.
So hes blasting salsa music.
Then theres fireworks going off every 30 minutes.
Then theres various cars rolling by and motorcycles.
Theyre happy just to be out and to see each other.
The audience isnt listening, theres music blasting, theres fireworks going off, theres multiple vehicles driving by.
And at one point with the booker, I was like, I think you need an intermission.
I think we all need just a moment.
I think they need to be able to talk.
I think we all need to just reset for a second.
She was like, Are you going up?
And I was like, Absolutely not.
This is the fourth time Ive done stand-up in four months.
I am not putting myself through this.
Some of the comics were like, Theyre not listening!
I was like, We have to acknowledge why theyre not listening.
Were finally coming out of our houses.
You literally are happy to be alive.
Youre happy not to be afraid for that three hours.
Youre happy just to be out and be around people, and youre having a drink at a brewery.
Andweare happy to be out and to be able to perform again.
We have to acknowledge where they are.
We havent worked in months.
We dont know whats going to happen.
These outdoor shows are a new thing.
Weve all been very scared for a very long time.
How do we reconcile these things?
Our new normal is sitting outside because we literally cant be indoors.
