Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis
Zacharius Knight "Zach" Galifianakis is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian. Galifianakis came to prominence with his Comedy Central Presents special in 2001 and presented his own show called Late World with Zach on VH1 the following year. He has also starred in films, such as The Hangover trilogy, Due Date, The Campaign, Birdmanand had a voice role in the animated film Puss in Boots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 October 1969
CityWilkesboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
My comfort zone is press conferences.
My stand-up is more like how I am in real life. I don't really do a character thing in stand-up. It's just a bunch of sentences that are supposed to be funny.
I don't really have a pattern yet. I don't know if I'll develop one. As far as comedic integrity, I don't have integrity in general, comedic or otherwise.
I know my face is turning red. I don't want you to interpret it as being embarrassed. It's rage. The color of my face is rage.
I don't want to do an edgy show, I didn't want bad language. I think edginess is the new hackiness.
It's fun for me to couple emotion with comedy. I think it helps comedy. I think a lot of times American comedies don't play on emotion too much.
Element of surprise is really fun for me in comedy. I have to be surprised, and everything's been done.
'Baskets' isn't a CBS show. Nothing against that, but this is an off-kilter show on cable that the channel lets you do interesting things. Look, if it works, it works. And if it doesn't, it's just a miniseries.
I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey. You just feel like a complete tool. But I like it. I do like it. Stand-up is just more free. A lot more freedom because you just do what you want to do.
People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
My headshot is a scratch and sniff, it smells like failure and onions.
I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.