Michael Showalter kept acting long after he realized he didn't want to do it anymore — mostly because he needed to eat.
Showalter got his start in college doing sketch comedy as a member of The State (formerly The New Group).
Fast forward roughly two decades and Showalter has found himself right where he was always meant to be.
But as I grew older, it was a combination of I wasn't getting cast in things, but I also wasn't really needing to get cast in things.
Is there any one moment where you realized acting wasn't what you loved doing?
Persons:
Michael Showalter, Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Joe Lo Truglio, Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino —, he'd, didn't, wasn't, Baxter, he's, Sally Field, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Oscar, Nanjiani, Jessica Chastain, Tammy Faye, Elizabeth Holmes, Amanda Seyfried, Holmes, Jennifer Westfeldt, Lee's, Anne Hathaway, Reid Scott, Ella Rubin, Nicholas Galitzine, Claudette Godfrey, Daniel Boczarski, You've, you've, … It's, Ivanov, Kevin Kline, I'm, Adam Jason Finmann, gee, Hayes, Alisha Wetherill, Nicholas, Nick, Cathy Schulman, He's, It's, Anne, Bernie Telsey, Maria
Organizations:
The, Business, MTV, Globe, BI, SXSW, Knitting Factory, Amazon, Netflix
Locations:
New Jersey, Austin, Hollywood , California