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Even a performer who has spent decades making uninhibited comedic choices knows when to play it safe.
They take up space.
Theyre a little strange.
until he goes cross-eyed.
Marino is a child of sketch comedy, but hes also a student of Method acting.
Marinos first big role after graduation, beforeThe Statelanded on MTV, wasnt even a comedy.
Weirder work with hisStatefriends would remain steady.
But he could never quite shake the normie parts and cameos on web link shows likeGreys AnatomyandPrivate Practice.
(Spoiler: Vinnie rarely has the upper hand.)
So I did, and they didnt tell me to stop.
As long as it’s possible for you to ground them, they work.
A string of memorable morons unfurled from there.
But with middle age comes a new sense of urgency.
Everybody do a sexy look, he shouts to his colleagues.
He suggests everyone hysterically laugh at an unspoken joke.
They do that too.
He directs the way he acts, Starr says.
Starr means it as a compliment, even if it doesnt sound like one.
After we did season one, I left Ken a voice-mail message, he adds.
She digs through her own iPhone library, eventually finding an image of the very firstParty Downensemble.
In it, Marinos mouth is wide open and so is Scotts.
Marino cracks up, this time for real.
Are the photographers getting the shot?
Are the waiters warm enough in their thin white button-downs on this atypically chilly Los Angeles night?
They dont worry about it as much as I do.
I always worry about it.
His friend and former State member Joe LoTruglio has a gentler read.
He recalls one of his earliest memories of Marino, when they were just college kids.
It was a small but significant gesture.
I dont think I can handle compliments, he finally ekes out, laughing.
I feel like Im constantly churning it out and hoping that people respond.
Im trying my best to do the best work I can.
So when you say that he pauses again to gather himself I think its just nice to hear.
