Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
worrying proved to have been a waste of time. The problem was that I carried around with me a tendency to feel that other people’s respect for me would vanish if what I did was second rate. And while I accept that this ‘perfectionism’ is likely to stimulate the production of better work, it doesn’t, unfortunately, go hand in hand with a relaxed and
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The Chris Rock I see on TV is hilarious, flawless. The Chris Rock that performs in dozens of small clubs each year is just OK. That is by design. No comedic genius is smart enough to preemptively know what jokes will land well. Every big comedian tests their material in small clubs before using it in big venues. Rock was once asked if he missed sma
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I’m not the funniest comedian by a long shot, but I’ve become a student of comedy, and my access to the storytelling, corporate, and film worlds has made my skills very valuable.