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The Acting Funny Podcast is hosted by Shane Rhyne: a writer, comedian, voice actor, and movie lover. Acting Funny is a podcast exploring the comedy directors, writers, actors, and audiences from the 125-year history of comedy film.
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1. Adam Sandler. Actor. Producer. Writer. The Waterboy (1998) Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent.
Some actors think playing comedy means forgoing their basic acting homework. Not so. Knowing and inhabiting your character’s objectives, stakes, obstacles, state of mind, philosophy ...
- Chrissy Teigen. While technically Chrissy Teigen more falls in the model and influencer category (give her Instagram a follow if you're unfamiliar), she's also lent her voice to comedies including Hotel Transylvania 3 and The Mitchells vs. The Machines, as well as a cameo in the Between Two Ferns film!
- Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston made millions and millions of people laugh on Friends, and has continued to do it ever since—and fortunately, she's also continued to push herself beyond the "America's Sweetheart" roles of her youth.
- John Cho. While his acting roles have skewed a bit more serious these days, his comedy roles (like teeny bit parts in the American Pie movies all the way up to a starring role in the Harold & Kumar films) set the stage for Cho to bring some sweetness in even the most dramatic of his roles.
- Anna Kendrick. Anna Kendrick is one of those lucky few who's just as funny in real life as she is on screen. You can point to the Pitch Perfect movies as one example of her impressive acting chops, but for my money she's always the funniest and most welcome presence in the (mostly not funny!)
So sit back, relax, and let’s explore how to act comedy. Acting comedy is all about timing. Understanding the punctuation and intention of the lines is absolutely essential. Being confident to make big choices that might seem out of the ordinary but are fully grounded in the text and the characters, is the genesis of all comedic acting.
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