BA #101: James Grace
On the one-hundred and first Box Angeles improviser James Grace (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reno 911!) stops by Studio 309. He discusses becoming a teetotal after a NYE resolution, being his high school’s first male cheerleader, learning improv from Del Close, traveling the world, including a stint living in Kauai, and more!
the BA #101 breakdown
– Box rants seven game series.
– Drinking and sobriety and rituals.
– Growing up in Lake Bluff, IL and being a “monkey”-like kid.
– Getting into acting through getting out of math class and school’s first male cheerleader.
– Attending Goodman School at DePaul and discovering iO classes.
– Shooting an improv pilot in LA and dropping out of college.
– Learning from Del Close, landing an agent, auditioning and ‘shit jobs’.
– Moving to NYC to perform in the Real Live Brady Bunch and starting over in Los Angeles.
– Packing up and moving to Kauai with the girlfriend and having a gutter cleaning accident.
– Back in Chicago for surgeries, starting to teach improv and moving back to LA w/ David Koechner
– Booking the first theatrical audition, geting new representation and starting iO West.
For more James, catch him in ‘Super Troopers‘ and take a class he teaches at iO West.
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