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Q&A May 23, 2008
Q: Would you consider yourself a Passionate man or just an Angry older Man?
Raj Balararaman
San Jose California
A: Onstage I am an angry older (I have to start getting used to that) man. Offstage I would hope that I am a passionate one.
Q: Question What was your favorite off-screen moment of Accepted?
Jacob McCoy
Hometown Man, WV
A: Whenever I had the opportunity to give Jonah [Hill] or Justin [Long] shit.
Q: I'm planning a trip to NYC in a year or so. Do you have any "lesser known" favorite places or events you would recommend? By the way, you are absolutely amazing!!
Heidi Sapp
Somewhere South of Kansas City
A: I would eat at the West Bank Cafe where I have been spending way too much time over the past twenty five years or so. The food is exceptional. The wine is excellent. It's just a superb place to hang. Young and truly up and coming Broadway stars perform downstairs nightly. And many of the actors who work Broadway and Off Broadway can be seen here, even though it is not a seen or be seen place. I call it home.
Q: What person do you find is the most entertaining to make fun of and/or yell at?
Deon Farver
Nashville, TN
A: The one who was the most entertaining to make fun of ever was Dan Quayle. I had forty-five minutes about him and even did a half hour VHS on his exploits, like a mini mockumentary that was all true. It's hard not to look around at our government and political landscape and pick someone specific. I have never seen such spectacular ineptitude by all parties involved. It's an incredible time. I sit back mouth agape at the stupidity that surrounds us.
Q: Hi Lewis- Love your work. Was watching Hannah and Her Sisters and spotted you in the that scene where you're rushing down the hall with Woody at the studio. Couldn't believe that curly hair of yours. What was it like working with the great Woody Allen? How did he find you, select you? Best, Todd
Todd Shikora
Chicago, IL
A: His casting agent, Juliette Taylor, had seen my work at the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar and told me that I would be in a Woody Allen film at some point and lo and behold she wasn't kidding. I met him once before the filming. He needed to check me out. We talked briefly and I was hired. I was close to getting a part in his new film, but as they say in this business he went another way. He was a pleasure to work with in every way. It's hard not to have fun when you are working with someone who is that funny.
Q&A April 28, 2008
Q: I would like to know what drew your interest to the CF Foundation. Is there a personal connection?
Christie
Maryland
A: I now have many personal connections. It all started years ago when I was asked if I wanted to do a golf tournament to benefit the CF foundation. I knew nothing about them. I knew I wanted to play golf. I played golf and performed. So began our relationship which has grown over the years. The event was called the Ultimate Golf Experience and I have now made it a part of my schedule every year. I think it's an extraordinary foundation as most of the money they raise actually goes to research. It is an exceptional group of people who run and support the fund raising. It has been nothing but a rewarding experience for me. I only wish that I could do more.
Q: I am currently a college student pursuing a film/stand-up career. I see how competitive it is and sometimes I think I may be in over my head. Looking back as a professional, would you say that you ever had the same feeling as a college student?
Matt Anderson
Miami, Fl
A: I am sure that I did but I never worried about the competition as I figured I would end up as a teacher. It's just that I couldn't find another option that interested me as much as my pursuit of theatre. Don't worry about your choice, if you are going to give it up, you will. If you have no other choice but to do it, you will. Either way, the fact that you pursued something you loved will serve you in good stead and you won't find yourself looking back on your life with regrets. If you stick with something you love, it will lead you to where you should be.
Q&A March 1, 2008
Q: How did you feel winning the Comedy Grammy for "The Carnegie Hall Performance", beating out one of your idols, George Carlin?
Robert
Bronx, NYC
A: I was utterly stunned. Seriously. I didn't think that I had a chance. I ended up at the Grammy's by accident because I thought I would be performing on the show. I was bumped from the line up at the last minute because the people apparently just can't get enough of Justin Timberlake. I wasn't even going to go the awards ceremony because it seemed pointless. My friends dragged me there, kicking and screaming. When they announced my name, I went into complete shock. I still stare at the award and don't believe its real.
What's the difference between being funny, and being a huge asshole? Your comedy manages to walk this line so well. I can't figure out why I laugh when you do your stuff, but I do. It's refreshing and perplexing at the same time.
David King
Pensacola, FL
A: I think that's a very good question. I don't think it's very rare for a huge asshole to be very funny. Unless they are a really stupid huge asshole and do something physical that is so dumb that it makes you laugh, but I don't know if you could call that humor. It probably ends up in the 'wow, what a dumbass' category of funny. I was told by a fan once, that they thought I was a real asshole when they saw me on t.v. but changed their mind when they saw me live. I think maybe in my case, and I am guessing, but the character I portray up there is an asshole, but what he says is funny. Now I am perplexed.
Q: So what the hell do you think of this new rebate we'll be getting in May? What are you gonna do with your $600?
Lisa Provost
Mebane, NC
A: I'll either go whole hog and buy a Wii, cause I could use the exercise or just buy a cupcake a day for a year.
Q&A February 22, 2008
Q: Would you consider entertaining at a Log Cabin meeting? We have had Dr. Laura, Phyllis Diller, Gov. Arnold, and Ben Stein. You would bring down the house.
Terry Hamilton
Pasadena, CA
A: I would consider entertaining at a Log Cabin meeting, just to find out why someone who is gay would choose to be a Republican, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Q: I have seen you in a number of movies and also some cable specials; my question is do you prefer film or live stand-up? By the way, I really enjoy your act!
Les Liptak
Cadott, WI
A: I love doing film, but its just such a completely different medium. In the end I would have to say I prefer stand-up, but I think that doing film has helped my stand-up and that doing standup has helped my acting. At least I like to hope so. And thanks.
Q: How did it happen that your parents are in the audience at many of your performances? Doesn't that freak you out (or are you so freaked out by our political realities that nothing else can freak you out)?
Paula R.
South Holland, Illinois
A: My parents have always been extraordinarily supportive of my work and the work of my friends. It has never freaked me out, even when I was a terrible comic. They also came to any play of mine that was being performed.
Q: As Development Director at the West Bank Cafe's Downstairs Theatre Bar, did your association with Alan Ball prove to be a benefit to both of you? Can you recommend an early work of Alan's that may have escaped the attention of the general public?
Tim McDevitt
Duluth, Mn.
A: I think so. Alan had the opportunity to see some of his plays and sketches produced. This is invaluable to any young writer and I was lucky enough to be exposed to his work. He worked with a company called Alarm Dog Rep and their productions were always very special. I am sure that anything Alan would have wanted published would have been published by now.
Q&A February 15, 2008
Q: What was the most influential experience of your life that caused you to become so passionate about letting your opinion be heard? In other words, what got you so pissed off about the government?
Alex Goss
Milton, VT
A: First, being born and raised around Washington D.C. so government was in my face all the time. Also, watching the nightly news with my parents and my mother would talk back to the tv and fly off the handle if something in particular upset her.
Q: Hey Lewis I am such a big fan of yours! You are truly the most hilarious person around! As a comic you are in front of huge audiences all the time so my question is has there ever been a time when you were performing and you saw something in the audience that almost threw you off track or made you want to start laughing?
Marianna
West Paterson, NJ
A: The most insane thing I ever saw while on stage was at Summerfest, years ago, when I first started playing it. We are in a big outdoor tent and there's a guy in the fourth row getting a handjob. I didn't laugh. I was stunned.
Q: When you travel to Ireland, do you go there to perform or for a much needed vacation? If it's to perform, do you change any of your stand-up routine or do the Irish just love your thoughts about the USA like we do?
Elizabeth Harbin
Dallas, TX
A:I have done both. I love it there. The audiences get it that's for sure. We are always in their faces and they can see what's going on with us and they enjoy having me make fun of just how seriously crazy we are. They have a great sense of humor.
Q: My question is this: Do you ever have high blood pressure or feel heart palpitations from your anger and hyperness on stage..I laugh so hard at your comedy but you get so wound up, I worry you will stroke out! Do you have paramedics in the wings offstage?
Lizzy Gannon
Gaithersburg, Maryland
A: No paramedics please. It turns out I have great blood pressure, which I attribute to all the yelling and screaming I do. I once was interviewed and strapped to a blood pressure monitor and the interview would try and get me wound up and my blood pressure would rise and then shortly after my tirade it would go back to normal. If I have heart palpitations I am yelling too much to notice them.
Q: Have you watched any of the 2008 Presidential Debates. If yes, who is being honest and who is lying in your opinion? And if you had to vote now, who would you vote for? Thank you.
ChiTownGirl
Southwest Suburbs of ChiTown
A: Yes I have. They aren't lying, they are bullshitting and not doing a good job at it. I haven't made up my mind. I have been watching them for so long now, that I feel like they've all been president and I am ready for a newer one to show up on the scene.
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