The legs pose Is not a standup comedian – and that’s ok.
At the 30th annual nantucket Film Festival, Stiller gathered a group of comedy All-Stars, which he has done over the years, to discuss his travels and share career insights as he broke the auditorium audience.
This year, Stiller shared that he was “dead against” a comedy career because that was what his parents did, and an early attempt at standup in his teens killed pretty much the special interest. The bit focused on New York City’s alternative parking parking, and he even performed a version for festival guests and his fellow panel participants.
Obviously, comedy found its way to Stiller in one way or another, but not on the path taken by the panel’s improvisers Amber Ruffin and Zach Cherry, or Standups Iliza Schlesinger, Michael Ian Black and Mae Martin. Schlesinger worked a desk job and asked her parents to help her buy a laptop for comedy; Martin dropped from high school to work in Second City and tell jokes on stage; And Ruffin’s work led her to Chicago since Amsterdam.
2025 Nantucket Film Festival Showed over 50 features and short films, including Jay Duplass “The Baltimorons”, A24’s “André is an idiot,” Cole Webley’s “Omaha,” Kate Beecrofts “East of Wall,” Matthew Shear’s “Fantasy Life,” Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi!,” Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s “Folktales,” And Kim A. Snyder “The Librarians”, among many others. On June 27, the scriptwriter’s tribute is honored “Andor” Creator Tony Gilroy, documentary director Alex Gibney and “The bear” Co-Showrunner Joanna Calo, who also participated in calls and panels throughout the weekend.
The round table was moderated by the author and producer Donick Cary, a nantucket -in -born who took the stage at his high school Alma Mater for the conversation – and who of course could not resist getting “departure” to Stiller and Cherry before the event ended. While the duo obviously could not spill any secrets from Season 3, they talked about the show’s pockets of Levity and Cherry’s freedom to improvise (a privilege that has not received everyone on set).
“Anyone who has made a series would know that you start from one place, but then it will develop and these things will happen that you don’t even know,” Stiller said. “You just lock in the actors and say” ok, we will throw these actors, and it will be a trip. “
