“Then you’re in the wrong business,” Gottfried said. He likened it to someone being a prize fighter, then quitting after a guy hits him. “You go out there and take a beating, get gruesome, bloody and come back.” If you really want to be in show business, “you have to perform,” Gottfried said. Gottfried said people who never go back on stage after bombing a performance shouldn’t be in show business. “I have so many memories of bombing, and that feeling like you’re on stage and you’re drifting into outer space.” “It’s just like if you read a bunch of reviews about yourself, the bad ones you have memorized immediately. “The ones you remember the best are when you’re bombing on stage,” Gottfried said. “Other times, sitting on a date, two minutes go by and you feel like you’ve been sitting there for three hours.”Īs for his most memorable evenings, Gottfried admitted they’re the ones that don’t go as planned. “On a date, when it’s going well, sitting at the table talking for three hours can feel like you’re sitting there for two minutes,” Gottfried said. Gottfried believes a show progresses a bit like a date. ![]() “Sometimes, if you feel energy in the room, you can have more energy,” Gottfried said, “If there’s a lack of energy, you find yourself forcing it.” The audience reaction always affects a show, Gottfried said “It’s always good to work against that,” Gottfried said. ![]() Gottfried said this helps him avoid drifting into autopilot. “I’ll be thinking, while I’m performing full force, and wonder if I still have that pair of brown socks I used to wear, or, ‘gee, I may do the laundry tomorrow.'” “I used to hear about this, singers who will sing their guts on stage, sweat and cry and actors who will do their most intense dramatic work and think about what they will have to eat later on,” Gottfried said. Gottfried said he always has things on his mind when he’s on stage and sometimes they have nothing to do with that night’s performance. “Sometimes it works fine,” Gottfried said. He added that he prefers to work with things that come up in his mind along the way, sometimes even on stage. “I’ve got a terrible, terrible work ethic.” ![]() “That’s a funny thing, some people who have a real work ethic get up at a certain hour, have a cup of coffee, type a million jokes try them out that night and rework them,” Gottfried said. Gottfried shared how he prepares for a night. “There have been times, (when) I’ve done large crowds, where people say, ‘you did very well’ and I say, ‘oh I didn’t hear anything’ because it flies into outer space,” Gottfried said. Gottfried said sometimes in big places, “Everything can fly into the air” and he’s not sure if he needs to slow his routine down a bit to make sure everyone gets it.
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