"When in Doubt, Play Insane": An Interview with Catherine O'Hara | The New Yorker

"When in Doubt, Play Insane": An Interview with Catherine O'Hara | The New Yorker

"When you're writing, you're putting thought into what you want to express, and then you come up with it--it comes to you. When you're improvising, it's the same thing. You're writing. You just say it out loud right then, instead of saying, 'You think this might work?' The best improvisers, all the people that were great in the Chris Guest movies, are all great writers.

"....Every one of them writes, because you have to have a sense of the scene. It's not just standing there doing jokes. You're working with everyone else. You have to listen. You have to be ready to move in whatever direction the strongest character's taking you. You have to have a sense of where you're going and what needs to be accomplished."