"My mom's family was 100 percent Irish, in the American way of being Irish, and then my dad was half ..." — Brendan Hunt

One thing my old improv teacher taught me is when you're not in the improv scene and you're standing back watching your partners, you ask, 'What does the scene need?'

My dad had just come back from Vietnam, and I think he had PTSD that he never treated, in that sort of macho-denial way. So they were divorced by the time I was 2, and my mom tried to raise me and my younger sister by herself. That proved very taxing, so there was a lot of moving around.

I think it used to be an accepted leadership tactic to essentially abuse people.

If we get out there trying to be inspirational, then we probably won't be.