“One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time... to continue to mine the material and find new things.” WayFirstsShowsMinesMaterialsHappeningsFirst TimeNew ThingsSpontaneous Author:Bebe Neuwirth
“Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.” GivingGrowsUnderstandingMaterialsHappeningsGive MeDeeperMake SenseDeeper Understanding Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“And consequently, you have this rich looking film, which gives it this kind of muscular feel, deep focus, soft focus look. I'm not that great on development. I can see where things go wrong, but Beau, Carl and Mike Finch, they worked on it relentlessly. And then I would see the material and I would say, "Well, that just doesn't ring true. I don't quite know why that's happening."” KnowsGivingFeelsWellsLooksKindI CanFilmRichFocusMaterialsDevelopmentHappeningsRingsMikeFinches Author:Pierce Brosnan
“...by regularly reading business newspaper and magazines I am exposed to an enormous amount of material at the micro level.. I find that what I see going on there pretty much informs me about what's happening at the macro level.” ReadingLevelsMaterialsAmountHappeningsNewspapersEnormousMagazinesExposedMacro Author:Charlie Munger
“The material comes from whenever you realize that you and someone else have something in common. So any conversation you've had more than once, anything you see happening to you that you see happening to a friend, you go, Hmmm, that's a situation I can make funny.” I CanRealizingCommonSituationMaterialsConversationHappeningsHmmm Author:Chris Rock
“This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond to what's happening in the room and weave it back into the prepared material and so on.” RoomsMaterialsHappeningsPreparedHandleComedian Author:John Hodgman
“People come to my shows and know that they're going to hear about what's going on in the world - what's happening at the moment. My material is as new as anything on the dinner table.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsShowsMaterialsHappeningsTablesDinnerDinner Table Author:Jackie Mason