Lauren Weedman is Not Chris Farley
Comedian, actress and former Daily Show correspondent Lauren Weedman has a new book out that offers an "hilarious collection of truths, half-truths, and exaggerations", including about her time working on TDS. To promote the book, Weedman recently gave an interview to Starpulse. Here's a Daily Show-centric excerpt:
Once you joined The Daily Show, how did being paid to be funny change the nature of being funny?
I didn't do well with it, because I am not a stand-up, and I would
never say I was a comedian. I did theater, and I write plays, solo
shows. I used to be pretty overweight, and that's kind of a cliché, but
coming from being a big fatty, I always had that kind of energy about
me, of making jokes. I would never say I'm a stand-up because I don't
like it that much. Since I've been more in the route of being paid to
be funny, it does make me a bit more manic. I don't like it as much.
It's harder. Because then you do feel like, like I say in the book, my
fear was that I will end up like Chris Farley or something. That I'll
start doing drugs to make sure I'm funny, because the pressure is so
high. That's a good point, because that's exactly what got me fired. As
soon as the pressure was on, I did not believe I was that funny– and
some people will agree– that I wasn't that funny, that I couldn't do
it, and that I'm just an actress. I'm funnier now than I was then.
For the complete interview, check out Starpulse Sits Down with Comedian and Recent Author Lauren Weedman.
Meanwhile, here's a clip of Weedman from that sexy new Daily Show website all the kids are talking about:
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