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June 8, 2009
DAG Interview with Chicago Examiner
The Chicago Examiner spoke with David Alan Grier about his upcoming involvement in the Just For Laughs festival coming to Chicago June 17th-21st to also be aired on TBS at a later date.
The Just For Laughs festival is bringing some of the world’s greatest comedians to Chicago including Ellen DeGeneres, Lisa Lampanelli, Martin Short, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Engvall, Louis CK, Andy Dick, Robert Smigel, Bob Odenkirk, and Harold Ramis, to name a few.
David Alan Grier was born in Detroit to a psychiatrist father who wrote “Black Rage.” DAG graduated from Yale Drama with an MBA, has done Broadway (Tony Nominated), Radio, Television, and Movies. When asked what medium he prefers, DAG says he “loves the variety of doing it all” and especially loves writing and would also love to do drama!
Regarding Improv though, DAG shares that he “hated it. I had to do it for my ‘In Living Color’ audition. I was in a group with Martin Lawrence and Susie Essman and Keenan would yell out suggestions.”
As for DAG’s advice for up and coming comedians, “Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying. Don’t let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define Yourself.”
Source: Chicago Examiner
