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A lot of comedy is people acting stupidly.
And, for years, this has caused a certain amount of internal conflict among critics.
The often low-brow nature of comedy has long cast the genre as a lesser art form.
But this is slowly changing.
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Before I got the commission, I had been doing live stuff for four or five years.
This one felt like Id know what the character would say in any given scenario.
Like, theyre better off waiting outside.
The number of properties that Ive tried to rent (and Ive really liked!
Kind of an oxymoron, I suppose.
He comes from one of those households where there are like four movies on the shelf and theyre likehismovies.
And its like,Those are the ones that I watch, because I have them.
On Greekness
Ive always said that I dont necessarily feel stereotypically Greek.
Growing up, I didnt relate so much to the Greek side of my family.
I love them, but I definitely felt different.
I mean, my mums English, so thats probably a big part of it.
And we didnt really interact a huge amount with them, as much as I would have liked.
I see a kinship in that with other Greek guys my age that I find so funny.
Make him be really excited about that, and fill him with love, for that.
I dont think he knows what either of those identities mean.
I think, growing up, I struggled a lot with that not knowing.
Youve got the laughter going, and theyre catching peoples eyes as they pass him.
But theyre nonplused, like they dont care.
They dont care that hes doing it.
It was just so lacking in quality.
I remember watching a sitcom where instead of windows in the studio, they had glossy posters of windows.
So I was very aware of all that stuff and found it really funny.
I want to go and have some delicious dinner and talk to my family.
She was a teenager, and I was three years younger than her.
I wanted so much for her to just make me laugh all the time.
Shes also really good at taking the piss out of herself and calling herself out.
Thats the biggest competition with us: Who can call themself out doing the dumbest kind of thing?
Who can be the most confident in their own stupidity?
And I think, inevitably, yes: It must be led by her.
It was always, always, always the true stories that got cut quickest because they just felt unfathomable.
And theyd be like, Did you press your PIN code?
And hed be like, Yeah, I press the numbers, yeah yeah yeah.
And theyd be like, Okay, do you know what your PIN code is?
And he went, Yes, the numbers.
And they were like, Which numbers?
And he was like, Whichever ones I press!
Things like this would happen constantly.
Oh my God, hes the reason Im alive.
