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Noted comedian
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exclusive Pollack interview
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at The Othrr Cafe. and
follmint Is the text of the inteniew
*hlrh transpired.
H»w much of your lime i> jpenl
liKeninj u other comeiliau?
"/ *\stch them often.but I don't
hatr a problem Hith Hutihint rtrm
end teint affected one my or
another as fir as my OHII act tors.
I rnjey seeing other people perform,
it's a lot of fun. but it doesn 'I nails
influence me. Hnen >oure starting
out. yxiu're nry influenced by the
people jou watch, but I've been doill
>• for a small, precocious
Jewish kid to be lip-stnchinf to a
flnuatt black comedian. I did that
through junior high atj high school,
and then suited doing impression* at
Pioneer Ilirh School in San Jo,e. "
(Pollack perform a icrici of imprcuions
aboinl the Sunhip Enicipriic
duriiw hii act. uhich include*
Capuin Kirl from Star Trek. Motl,
Dwllry Minrc. Jacl Nicholion. ami
Chnuophcr Uo)J.)
Whal i% (Ic nx»t rewarding atpeel
of comedy for jou?
Just being paid to do what I Hunt
todo. what /Vr dream anna doote.
whatl\r always belie\rd Icoulddo.
what my family and friends supported...
to be paid for that Is the
greatest athinemenl of al: far me.
it's gone from a dream, to a goal, to
u career. To actuate be accepted anj
respected is the greatest part of it all.
"Right now. I'm readtnt for films,
and also writing ifiirfilm). llhinkmy
biggest goal is film-making, but that
takes a long time to happen. "
Wru' do you think a tomcdUn't
rule is in tociety?
"Hell, if there's ony role. I think first
of alt it *mlj be /tor to affect society.
bur ti entertain them. A lot of comediuns
chooie to speak about the
times, u-td to gi\e their Wn»i In a
humorous nay about the limes, and
I teipect that form. I C7UN>I