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Remembering Tim Curry

And his first note and recurring note to me is yes, that's great, it's very funny, now let's make it true. And I think that's his great gift to this material is that he's given it a great big sort of beating Arthurian heart. And that's an extra dimension that you just sort of don't expect.

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Colman Domingo loves a challenge

Most comedians I know are very serious people. They don't naturally laugh when something's funny, because they're like mad scientists. They almost look at the math of it.

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Colman Domingo loves a challenge

Most comedians I know are very serious people. And also, they're also a bit shy. I think my, I would say this, Tina's very shy. I would say Steve Carell's very shy. But they know how to get the thing done.

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’

The Bear billed itself and still does as a comedy and has won all its Emmys in that category. But to me, watching The Bear is as tense as watching The Pit, and that's not a casually chosen reference.

Anatomy of a Scene

Watch Olivia Wilde Explain How Tension Builds in 'The Invite' | Anatomy of a Scene

There's been this kind of minimizing of comedies in terms of their significance and their cinematic value, but we were all raised on comedies that felt incredibly cinematic.

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Breaking News from Wait Wait: Our new Judge and Scorekeeper is announced!

I got in my suit with the helmet off stage and I pedled onto the stage in the car like knees to chest driving it and got out modeled my suit got back in and and tried to pedal but you know like it the floors were slick. So as I'm pedaling the tires are moving but the car isn't moving.