Zach Woods
Zach Woods
Zach Woodsis an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his portrayal as Gabe Lewis on the NBC sitcom The Office. He currently stars as Donald "Jared" Dunn in HBO sitcom Silicon Valley...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 September 1984
CityVirginia Beach, VA
CountryUnited States of America
certainly commenting detachment hard ironic people playing sort
Sometimes you'll see people give performances in comedy with an ironic detachment where they'll sort of be remarking on the character from outside of it. They're sort of commenting as they're playing the character. I think it's hard not to do that. I've certainly done that.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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I've played a lot of characters who are creeps or weirdos, with a deep darkness underneath the surface.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.