2. Identify your comedy character: BOOK: "The Eight Characters of Comedy" by Scott Sedita.
3. Explore your comedy.
4. Stick to the script: "Comedy is about rhythm, timing, and pace, and it's your job as a comedic actor to identify those things in each and every piece of scripted comedy you perform... following the words exactly as written."
5. Learn to break down comedy scripts: "Comedy is made up of two things: desperation and the unpredictable... positive and negative forces that work against each other to create the humor in the script, especially in the dialogue."
6. Perfect your funny: "You need to identify the operative word (a word used over and over in a scene), call-back jokes (jokes repeated over the course of a script), the hard consonants (k, t, and p) used by the writer to maximize the effect of comedic dialogue, and the funny words (Vitameatavegamin)."
7. Stay committed.
8. Be still: "Any extra movement will distract from the comedic rhythm of the piece... keeping still and holding your intension while the audience laughs and waiting for the laughter to die down before continuing with your dialogue."
9. Watch the comedy maters.
10. Have fun.
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