INTERVIEW WITH COMEDIAN DANIEL ATKINS

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COMEDIAN
DANIEL ATKINS

Q. WHAT SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN COMEDY?
BEING ABLE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER,SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO SMILE.

Q. WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR WRITING NEW MATERIAL?
EVERYDAY IS A NEW DAY AND A NEW STORY.

Q. WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST CHALLENGING ABOUT PERFORMING STAND-UP COMEDY?
SOMETIMES WHEN I'M IN FRONT OF A CROWD THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,I HAD A CROWD 1 TIME THAT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A MYSPACE JOKE.

Q. HOW HAS YOUR COMEDY STYLE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS?
I'M MORE RELAXED,I'M MORE COMFORTABLE I'M FRONT OF PEOPLE.

Q. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE OR EXPERIENCE AS A COMEDIAN?
BEING ABLE TO PERFORM AND SEEING MY FATHER IN THE CROWD.

Q. HOW DO YOU HANDLE HECKLERS DURING A SHOW?
I ADD THEM TO THE SHOW, EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR OPINION.

Q. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING COMEDIANS?
KEEP GOING AND DON'T LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING STOP YOU.SOMETIMES THE SUN STILL COMES OUT WHILE IT RAINS.

Q. HOW HAS THE COMEDY INDUSTRY CHANGED SINCE YOU FIRST STARTED OUT?
IT'S MORE EASIER,IT GIVES EVERYONE A OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.

Q. WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE AS A COMEDIAN?
I'M A BIG PERSON WITH A SMALL VOICE..SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL GOING THROUGH PUBERTY.

Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE KEY TO MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH?
WHEN A PERSON CAN RELATE TO WHAT THE COMEDIAN IS SAYING,YOU CAN'T LAUGH AT SOMETHING IF YOU NEVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING. PAIN MAKES LAUGHER.