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 improve scene with friends, and I can't stop laughing during it.
I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure.
Lauren Lapkus
I did a number of local children's theater plays growing up, but in 5th grade, I had some good times on stage making people laugh as a troll in 'The Hobbit.' That solidified my dream to be on 'Saturday Night Live,' which was hugely influential for me growing up.
Lauren Lapkus
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.
Lauren Lapkus
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
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
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Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night.
Lauren Lapkus
Comedy is my first love; that's my main goal in life - to keep doing comedy.
Lauren Lapkus
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
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.
Lauren Lapkus
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
Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.
Lauren Lapkus
I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point.
Lauren Lapkus
I love L.A. and feel attached to this city, but I don't identify myself as being a part of it.
Lauren Lapkus
I'm more of a tomboy - I fall into the jeans-and-a-T-shirt style, for sure - but I have a girlie side to me.
Lauren Lapkus
I love watching 'The Real Housewives of New York.' That's my guilty pleasure. But I don't even feel guilty. I can just watch it, zone out, and forget about my problems.
Lauren Lapkus
I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah.
Lauren Lapkus
I live for watching TV and partying with my book club.
Lauren Lapkus
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
When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable.
Lauren Lapkus
Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true.
Lauren Lapkus
The secret to podcast success is sticking with it and making it fun for yourself.
Lauren Lapkus
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.
Lauren Lapkus
The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion.
Lauren Lapkus
I think that by doing the podcast, I've grown to actually enjoy hosting a little more and realize that my role is a bit of a host, even though I thought I was totally avoiding that by creating this construct. But hosting a late night show has never really been a goal of mine in particular, but it could be fun.
Lauren Lapkus
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
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