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Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat."

I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up."

You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up.




Ted Alexandro Quotes: "The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation."

The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go."

I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.




Ted Alexandro Quotes: "The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence."

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Not that that's the goal, but sometimes these funny insights can also be deeply profound."

Not that that's the goal, but sometimes these funny insights can also be deeply profound.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel."

I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.




Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion."

Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "If you're funny, you can find a stage to get on. If you're good, you'll start to get work and eventually get paid."

If you're funny, you can find a stage to get on. If you're good, you'll start to get work and eventually get paid.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out."

I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "A crowd is the only way to know if something works. Telling a friend or two doesn't matter. A crowd is what tells you what works or doesn't, so I'd rather go in front of them cold and see."

A crowd is the only way to know if something works. Telling a friend or two doesn't matter. A crowd is what tells you what works or doesn't, so I'd rather go in front of them cold and see.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for friends. I don't see the benefit in that, really."

After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for friends. I don't see the benefit in that, really.




Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange."

Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you."

Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I don't really worry about a crowd liking me."

I don't really worry about a crowd liking me.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime."

Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "A person riding a unicycle on a tightrope doesn't worry about being likeable; they're doing something amazing that very few people can do."

A person riding a unicycle on a tightrope doesn't worry about being likeable; they're doing something amazing that very few people can do.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh."

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech."

Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech."

Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media)."

Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media).



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it."

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Your stage persona is usually a version of yourself, to varying degrees. Some folks do a full-on character, so that's different. But most comics do some version of themselves."

Your stage persona is usually a version of yourself, to varying degrees. Some folks do a full-on character, so that's different. But most comics do some version of themselves.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer."

That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving."

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense."

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck."

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up."

Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next."

It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks."

Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through."

In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young."

Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily."

Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny."

I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest."

I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the better, before the parade of distractions starts."

I'll sit down for an hour or two a few days a week in a quiet place and brainstorm. The earlier in the day, the better, before the parade of distractions starts.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches that I wrote, which really sparked my pursuit of comedy."

I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches that I wrote, which really sparked my pursuit of comedy.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time."

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "With a project like 'Teachers Lounge,' you're wearing a lot of hats, so it demands hard work and focus if you want to do it right."

With a project like 'Teachers Lounge,' you're wearing a lot of hats, so it demands hard work and focus if you want to do it right.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment."

It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing."

Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too."

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.



Ted Alexandro Quotes: "People don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound."

People don't come to a comedy club simply to hear someone's thoughts, no matter how profound.