Having to stand in front of an audience and have it be your job to make them laugh, you can't really look to anyone but yourself. It's what you wrote, what you said and how you said it, so it's kind of terrifying, but I liked it. When it goes well, it's the best feeling in the world. When it doesn't go well, it's the worst feeling, but once you get into the rhythm of it, I think it's really fun.
Aubrey PlazaI'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough.
Aubrey PlazaI'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that kind of way.
Aubrey PlazaThere are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.
Aubrey PlazaWhen you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.
Aubrey PlazaI would never do a commercial for something that is embarrassing, and I think that people maybe have a different perspective on what is embarrassing or not. Some people think doing a Revlon hair commercial is really cool. To me, that's embarrassing, but World of Warcraft: not embarrassing, very cool.
Aubrey Plaza