After getting her start in hit web series like
The Jeannie Tate Show and ESPN's
Mayne Street (she's also appeared in a CollegeHumor
video or
two), Aubrey Plaza currently appears in NBC's
Parks and Recreation. She recently finished shooting
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, directed by Edgar Wright (
Shaun of the Dead). She made her feature debut this summer opposite Seth Rogen in
Funny People, which comes out on DVD this week. She also wouldn't mind if you followed her on
Twitter.
In Funny People, you play a stand-up. You hadn't done stand-up before the movie, correct? The first time I did it was in Queens. I did do it just for the film - I had met with Judd and I knew the only obstacle was that I wasn't a real stand-up. Then, when I was cast, I came out to L.A. and had to immediately start doing shows with the rest of the cast. I kind of got thrown into it, but I really liked it so I kept doing it. I'm still doing it now.
You came up through the UCB Theatre - how do you feel about the relationship between stand-up and improv? Improv is obviously collaborative because you have support and people around you. For me, stand-up is terrifying and really, really hard and scary because it's all on you and your delivery and what you're writing and how you're saying it and everything so it's kind of unapologetic.
Stand-ups will spend hours writing and rehearsing a joke to make it sound organic, improv is always that way. Totally. In terms of what I like, I think I like improvising more. I don't like planned things, but I like writing too. It's a good exercise for your comedy brain to write stand-up jokes and see how they work.
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