I loved how weird his old stand-up routines were. He had a pretty unique approach. I remember seeing an interview with him and he said something like, it doesn't matter if the joke is good or if the material is weak, if you act like it is fantastic, you can make the joke so bad, that it is funny. It's also why some stand-up comedians didn't like him though, as they saw him as an actor playing the role of a comedian on stage. I thought it worked though.
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I loved how weird his old stand-up routines were. He had a pretty unique approach. I remember seeing an interview with him and he said something like, it doesn't matter if the joke is good or if the material is weak, if you act like it is fantastic, you can make the joke so bad, that it is funny. It's also why some stand-up comedians didn't like him though, as they saw him as an actor playing the role of a comedian on stage. I thought it worked though.
That's funny. Although he established himself as a solid dramatic actor later on, I always felt like that in his comedic roles (especially the early ones) he always felt more like a standup guy pretending to act. For example, if you watch "The Jerk", it doesn't really feel like he's acting. More like he's doing standup the whole time, with actors reacting around him.
He was brilliant in Parenthood, and he took a turn to trying to be a serious character actor in the late 80's and he was brilliant. I still liked him in Roxanne as well
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