Latest Ted Alexandro Quotes from Interviews

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• I learned so many things from Louis C.K., but the most impactful thing was witnessing his work ethic. He works harder than anyone I've ever been around in comedy. And he takes risks and doesn't dwell on what might be perceived as failures.

  Ted Alexandro

  Hard Work, Work Ethic, Risk

  Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young.

  Ted Alexandro

  Generations, Great Experiences, Young

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily.

  Ted Alexandro

  Writing, Flow, Security

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young. So it's like he's sort of a senior and I'm a junior, in terms of the business. He's done so much - from writing on Conan and Chris Rock to writing and directing movies, having his own HBO show, "Lucky Louie," and now having "Louie" on FX.

  Ted Alexandro

  Senior, Writing, Hbo

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

  Ted Alexandro

  Talking, Ideas, Interesting

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer.

  Ted Alexandro

  Ideas, Interesting, Way

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the better, before the parade of distractions starts.

  Ted Alexandro

  Two, Quiet, Distraction

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• 'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.

  Ted Alexandro

  Teacher, Verbs, Wasting Time

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches that I wrote, which really sparked my pursuit of comedy.

  Ted Alexandro

  Drama, Comedy, Pursuit

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.

  Ted Alexandro

  Character, Thinking, Voice

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Your stage persona is usually a version of yourself, to varying degrees. Some folks do a full-on character, so that's different. But most comics do some version of themselves.

  Ted Alexandro

  Character, Degrees, Different

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment.

  Ted Alexandro

  Ideas, Decision, Arriving

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• With a project like 'Teachers Lounge,' you're wearing a lot of hats, so it demands hard work and focus if you want to do it right.

  Ted Alexandro

  Teacher, Hard Work, Focus

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.

  Ted Alexandro

  Work Ethic, Trying, Ethics

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

  Ted Alexandro

  Winning, Comedian, Ass

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.

  Ted Alexandro

  Hard Work, Risk, Muscles

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

  Ted Alexandro

  Thinking, Careers, Comedian

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Chris Rock went from a guy whose name you knew from SNL to a legendary comedian by working his ass off.

  Ted Alexandro

  Rocks, Names, Guy

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Dave Chappelle is about as gifted as it gets, as a performer and comedian. [...] It's always great to watch him work. He started around fourteen and he's in his forties now, so he's probably been doing it for close to thirty years. He's brilliant.

  Ted Alexandro

  Years, Comedian, Watches

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it" by Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

  Ted Alexandro

  Acceptance, Mourning, Celebration

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

  Ted Alexandro

  Acceptance, Talking, Lenses

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• I think comedy is no different now than it was at other points. It takes a long time to get good and know how to distill what makes you funny beyond the realm of standup, which is what I'm trying to do with 'Teachers Lounge.'

  Ted Alexandro

  Teacher, Thinking, Long

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

  Ted Alexandro

  Essence, Hopeful, Mourning

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.

  Ted Alexandro

  Mouths, Crowds, Next

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

• Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.

  Ted Alexandro

  Teacher, Night, Play

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.