The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.
John MulaneyI don't know if there's a strategy really so much as, like I learned doing standup and had to learn fast, you always just try to give your favorite, strongest stuff as early as possible and you start with what you like the most.
John MulaneyI have tons of jokes with moments in them over the years in stand-up that don't get a laugh but I love them so they stay.
John MulaneyI was new to acting on a stage in a narrative as opposed to acting on a stage as a stand-up. And like everything else it's just like comfort level. The first time I did stand-up I was at a place called the B3 in New York on Third and Avenue B and I not only didn't take the mic out of the stand, but I clutched the stand of the entire time.
John Mulaney