The New York Times Magazine has a long, funny profile of Zach Galifianakis in the latest issue. One of my favorite quotes:
Wherever there’s something that people don’t feel comfortable talking about, that’s where the good jokes are. People might misunderstand you, but I decided, right after my show was canceled, never to dumb my material down for anybody. A bad comic follows his audience, catering to whatever they want; a good comic will always lead.
One of Zach’s recent projects is Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, and it’s shockingly funny:
[...] he wasn’t especially famous yet with the public at large. Patrice O’Neal was basically Zach Galifianakis right before The [...]
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