“As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny. The joke is kind of the situation you're in, or the way you're reacting to something, as opposed to the characters just saying something witty.” WayKindPlayMomentsCharacterActorsSituationCircumstancesJokesWittyRelyIntensityGravitySeriousnessReactingJust SayingBeing Funny Author:Ed Helms
“I worked as an assistant editor, actually, for a few years. That was right when I was just starting to get out at night and do a lot of stand-up, improv, and sketch work in New York. It really is invaluable. I think it pounded into me an awareness of what an editor wants and needs, in terms of clarity of a moment, where and when to start and stop a line.” ThinkingWantNeedsYearsMomentsNightTermLinesAwarenessNew YorkStartingClarityEditorsAssistantsInvaluableWants And Needs Author:Ed Helms
“When we were not shooting [The Hangover] we were sleeping, so pretty much every waking moment we spent together. And, you know, Bradley [Cooper], Zach [Galifianakis] and I were acquaintances before the movie started but we became good friends very quickly and spent so much time together that it was just inevitable we were either going to really hate each other or really like each other. Thank god it turned out to be the latter.” KnowsMomentsTogetherHateSleepInevitableShootingLatterWakingThank GodGood FriendMovie StarAcquaintanceHangoverTime Together Author:Ed Helms
“We played around and improvised a ton [in The Hangover], and I think it's hard to say at this point what's what. Gosh, I wouldn't even know how to take a stab at it. The script was so good that we really didn't need to improvise very much, but I think we just found a lot of moments on the set. It's really cool when you get onto the set of a movie and you start shooting the scenes and you start to actually incorporate the environment.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHardMomentsFoundKnow HowEnvironmentSceneScriptsShootingReally CoolHangover Author:Ed Helms
“A lot of kind of like the way that Andy [Bernard] talks, you know, the writers pick up on those things - little moments that I inject and then they start to write it in later. It's hard to say if a whole storyline is spun out of an improv. I feel like it has happened on The Office, I just can't think of it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWritingKindLittlesHardWholeMomentsHappenedOfficePicksSpunStorylineLittle Moments Author:Ed Helms
“When you try hard at everything you do, even when it feels foolish to do so, you’re opening up doors and possibilities you might not be seeing in the moment.” FeelsTryingHardMomentsMightSeeingDoorsPossibilityFoolishOpeningOpening Up Author:Ed Helms
