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How to Be a Really Famous Actor (And Other Acting Tips), Friday, Period 1
"You know what the cheapest way to get a laugh is besides farting?" Lucas asked the assembled room. "Be ugly. If you're ugly, any funny thing you say becomes twice as funny. And if you completely bomb, people will still laugh. But they're laughing at you, not with you. And you deserve it."
"'But Mister Lee,' you say, 'I'm really attractive! How can I ugly myself up for laughs?'" Lucas said, lowering his pitch just a little for an impression of all teenagers. "First off, get over yourself. You're not that good looking. If you were, you'd already have a TV show at least. Second, wear prosthetics. Whether it's fake buck teeth, a weird mole thing, or just a fat suit, wearing some kind of weird latex thing will make you even funnier!"
"There's only one trick to it. It only works for five minutes, ten minutes, max. When people try to play eight roles in a movie with different makeup tricks, it'll get a few laughs out of you and then nothing else ever. So don't even try it. Leave that kind of thing to the hacks."
"And in case you don't believe me, I had someone take a few Eddie Murphy movies and take away all the parts where he isn't wearing some kind of stupid fat suit or prosthetic or something. And you're going to watch that while I look over some scripts. At the end of the hour, we'll see if you think any of that is funny again."
Well, it wasn't anything being thrown, but it was definitely evil.
"'But Mister Lee,' you say, 'I'm really attractive! How can I ugly myself up for laughs?'" Lucas said, lowering his pitch just a little for an impression of all teenagers. "First off, get over yourself. You're not that good looking. If you were, you'd already have a TV show at least. Second, wear prosthetics. Whether it's fake buck teeth, a weird mole thing, or just a fat suit, wearing some kind of weird latex thing will make you even funnier!"
"There's only one trick to it. It only works for five minutes, ten minutes, max. When people try to play eight roles in a movie with different makeup tricks, it'll get a few laughs out of you and then nothing else ever. So don't even try it. Leave that kind of thing to the hacks."
"And in case you don't believe me, I had someone take a few Eddie Murphy movies and take away all the parts where he isn't wearing some kind of stupid fat suit or prosthetic or something. And you're going to watch that while I look over some scripts. At the end of the hour, we'll see if you think any of that is funny again."
Well, it wasn't anything being thrown, but it was definitely evil.