Comments on: The Truth About Developing A Character For Stand-up Comedy

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 01:53:00 +0000

Well said, Lee. Being so confident and comfortable that you are “natural on stage” comes only with experience, I would guess. The more practice and performance experiences we can get, the easier it should be to be ourselves and react (rather than merely ‘act’ — i.e. become a character other than our true self) on stage. As Steve says in this article, we are already unique characters, so we shouldn’t need to develop a different one.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:14:09 +0000

I believe that for stand up comedy specifically trying to put on a persona is not advised since it could cause funny people to confuse themselves. It almost happened to me. However, if you are doing comedy which is not stand up then I fully embrace become a different character like people acting in sitcoms or movies. It all comes down to context.

By: john hill

john hill — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:58:19 +0000

I guess this is like Ali G/Borat, which you wrote about on a differt page. I think it’s cool to play-act a confrontation between different personas on stage, but I wouldn’t try to BECOME the persona as my complete act. If you can do that well, acting might be your better line of work.