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I've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are 10 that I know more in-depth.

- Lauren Lapkus

Think, More, I Think, Different Characters

I was invited to do an all-female improv festival in Portland called All Jane, No Dick. The person running it asked me if I had a female improv team, and I just said yes and then figured out who I would want to bring with me. We had such a fun show together that we decided that we should keep doing it.

- Lauren Lapkus

Doing, Bring, Show, Portland

It's like, if you tweet anything about One Direction, you'll get a lot of hate - immediately. They're just searching the words and then writing back to anybody who writes about them.

- Lauren Lapkus

Searching, Like, Anybody, Writes

Every so often, you have to do a show that makes you walk to your car with your head down, wondering what you're doing with your life. It's good for you, as long as you're not feeling that way every night.

- Lauren Lapkus

Night, Doing, Show, Wondering

I had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago - I'm from Evanston, Illinois - so I did improv classes at Improv Olympic, and that kind of opened me up.

- Lauren Lapkus

Kind, Olympic, Classes, Recommended

I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure.

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Love, Like, I Love, Improvising

I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film.

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Voice, Always, TV, Broader

I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point.

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Slight, I Believe That, Make A Difference

You have to go as hard as you possibly can, or it's going to be weak. Whenever I find myself not committing fully to a character, it's not as funny. It doesn't have that clear point of view, and you find yourself wandering all over the place, whereas committed characters make strong choices that are clear to the audience.

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Strong, Point Of View, Point, Whereas

When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable.

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Growing Up, Growing, Watched, Imaginable

A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level. They're not based on anyone I've ever met, but they are these extreme versions of something.

- Lauren Lapkus

Small, Next, Out, Grain

The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for.

- Lauren Lapkus

Process, Audition, Chelsea, Season

I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah.

- Lauren Lapkus

Love, Mall, I Love, None

Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me.

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College, My Life, Best Way, Changed

I love creating characters that are ridiculous and flawed. To me, the most important thing about comedy is the joy it can bring to the performers and the audience alike. I love making people laugh and not over-thinking things. Some of my favorite moments are when I am doing an improv scene with friends, and I can't stop laughing during it.

- Lauren Lapkus

Love, Doing, Some, Laughing

You can't really get as much done when you're worried about looking gross.

- Lauren Lapkus

Get, About, Gross, Worried

That's what's so great, I get to play any character in the world. And I think that's one of the things that makes doing 'Comedy Bang Bang' or other improv podcasts so fun, as well as my own, is that you can really explore a character deeply for a long period of time that is nothing like yourself.

- Lauren Lapkus

Play, Doing, Other, Bang

Doing 'Comedy Bang! Bang!,' you have to play at the top of your abilities, so it is so fun to get that opportunity. I've grown a lot as a performer just working with those guys.

- Lauren Lapkus

Play, Doing, Performer, Bang

I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person.

- Lauren Lapkus

Play, Think, TV, Naive

The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion.

- Lauren Lapkus

Advice, Comedy, Storytelling, Between

For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life.

- Lauren Lapkus

Kind, Side, About, Excites

So many of my characters have really crazy physicalities, so it's really fun to be able to say, like, 'I'm an elf who's the size of a dollar bill!'

- Lauren Lapkus

Say, Like, Bill, Dollar

Comedy is my first love; that's my main goal in life - to keep doing comedy.

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Love, Goal, Doing, First Love

Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true.

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Weird, Dream, Getting, Sitcom

Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night.

- Lauren Lapkus

Night, Kind, Could, One Night

The podcasts that keep my attention are those where I can feel the hosts and guests are enjoying themselves or are really passionate about the subject matter.

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Passionate, Hosts, Subject, Guests

I love L.A. and feel attached to this city, but I don't identify myself as being a part of it.

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Love, City, Identify, Attached

I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school.

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Think, Always, I Think, Clown

My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me.

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Good, I Think, Shows, Wild

I love watching people tell stories, because it's very vulnerable.

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Love, Very, I Love, Vulnerable

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