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Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing make-believe, using the vernacular of improvisation, saying 'yes and' to other people's ideas, making statements.

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Baseball Being Being Funny Funny Get How Ideas Improvisation Improviser Make-Believe Making Onstage Other People Players Playing Practice Runners Saying Statements Train Up Using Vernacular Yes You

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The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding.

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Goal Improviser Lifelong Listen Other Person Responding Saying Taking

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There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid.

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Any Arriving Million Number Performance Solid Them Ways

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There was a period in my life when I would say no, and I didn't know why I was saying no. In most cases, it was out of fear, just trying to be safe. Because 'no' will keep you safe. 'No' won't draw attention to you. But all the cool things are on the other side of 'Yes, And.'

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Attention Because Cases Cool Draw Fear Just Keep Know Life Most My Life Other Out Period Safe Say Saying Side Things Trying Why Will Would Yes You

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Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster.

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Fast Faster Funny Just Like Making Someone Teaching Them You

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Work on your craft, and your career will come. Work on your community, and your career will come. But just work on your career, and you'll have neither a craft nor a community.

~Ali Farahnakian

Topics: Career Come Community Craft Just Neither Nor Will Work You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 26th, 1969

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