Ali Farahnakian Professions : Actor Born : October 26, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Ali Farahnakian The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding. Ali Farahnakian responding lifelong goal Work on your craft, and your career will come. Work on your community, and your career will come. But just work on your career, and youll have neither a craft nor a community. Ali Farahnakian crafts community careers There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid. Ali Farahnakian arriving numbers way Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster. Ali Farahnakian someone like you funny There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.' Ali Farahnakian cool you fear life Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing make-believe, using the vernacular of improvisation, saying 'yes and' to other people's ideas, making statements. Ali Farahnakian you funny people ideas Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
