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>Thanks for the advice you are really great. I was wondering >how it feels to watch yourself in the theater or on TV, how >did you feel the first time you saw yourself on TV?
I think it's much like anything else you do for the first time. TV is nice; what I really liked about SNL (and stand up) was the whole interaction with the audience thing. There's no drug that will get you as high as working a crowd and feeling a positive reaction from them.
SNL was especially good for this, because the audience was always so positive.
>How do you feel about people you don't even know come up to >you and say Hi to you, and having a lot of fans come up to >you and ask for your autograph does it ever >bug you?
I'm only human, and like everyone else there are times when I'm happier with the attention I get in public than others. I do enjoy interacting with fans on a limited basis, because without them I'd probably be pumping gas. But I'm not the hero-worship personality type, so when someone says something to me like "David Spade, you've changed my life" (which doesn't happen often), I don't really know how to take it.
That's not something I could imagine saying to anyone. It'd be different if I was a world-class heart surgeon and I just successfully operated on someone, but I'm just a comic.
But I do appreciate it when someone comments that they like my work, or thought I was funny in something they saw. That's always nice.
Take care,
DS
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