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Next up is Courtney Pauroso.
I think I took myself pretty seriously and only later in life realized that I was a natural fool.
I remember the first real play I ever did when I was maybe 8 years old.
I mean, notthatnormal, but yeah.
I used to live by Jumbos Clown Room and am so inspired by the performers there.
Everyone at Dropout worked really hard to get it to the right people and make it happen.
Which comedians career trajectory would you most like to follow?Its hard to say.
Id love to get paid a lot of money one day, though I hear its great!
And I can totally see myself being a goofy old-lady actress someday.
Oh, lets get Courtney Pauroso, shell do anything.
Of course, theres still a part of me that wants to be huge.
But life is long.
I want to keep surprising people.
Id love to make my own indie movie.
Id love to work with Mike White.
Ill follow the open doors and see what happens.
Tell us everything about your worst show ever.
(This can involve venue, audience, other acts on the lineup, anything!
They have such a different vibe from the fellow theater kids I was used to performing with.
I wanted to puke and die.
We ended up working together a few years later, and now were actually really good friends.
Love ya, Brandon.
Writing a clown show is totally different.
Sometimes when you surrender to the unknown and let yourself flail, you are rewarded with happy accidents.
Its all been a pattern of taking big risks, betting on myself, then barely paying myself back.
And then my bad idea doesnt work and I just have that shit taking up space in my apartment.
This is why I recommend becoming a stand-up, not a glorified prop comic.
And YEAH I hope people are buying it as PERFORMANCE ART.
In the BAD way.
Im LAZY and WHINY and I CANT RAP.
Everyone should be lucky enough to have a Corey Podell in their life.
Youre a failed actress.
Who gives a shit.
Just own it, its cool.
I cracked up and snapped out of it, and Ill never forget it.
Like,Yeah, who gives a shit, itiscool.
Being a failed actress is what has allowed me to be a successful clown.
Being a doomed idiot is the human condition.
Worst advice was in 2008 when an acting teacher told me to get side-swept bangs.
They werent for me.
