I just started bringing friends with me to open and it makes a world of difference…It’s so much fun getting ready for the show with a friend and you’re talking with somebody. It definitely can feel that way especially if I’m on tour alone. I keep trying to think about what’s the next thing for me? And that’s the tricky part.īecause you give your whole self, are there any nights you don’t feel like going on stage? If so, how do you get past that? I guess the problem now is to think of new ways to capture the same spirit because there are just so many body parts you can write about and heartbreaks you can sing about. It feels like I’m not being true to myself unless it’s that wild, open thing. I’m the youngest of six kids so in order to get anyone’s attention, I had to be loud and crazy just get anyone to pay attention to me at the breakfast table. I guess because I started a little bit later and I have such great appreciation for people coming to see me perform, I feel like I have to go 150 miles per hour and give 200% every time. That was never the problem, being wild and open. I know that happens for some people when they’re so in the moment. Have you always been able to tap into this space of complete freedom-not being in your head at all? When I watch you perform, I feel like you must be blacked out because you’re so in it. So I took all the parts of me-the drinking, the crazy singing, and the ripping my clothes off-and I slowly put this into a show. Now that I’m getting a little older, I’m certainly not like that in my personal life anymore, but I was when I was younger. They’re like, “What is going on?” It was really the only thing I could do: be wild. People were then-and still and kind of are-a little slack jawed at times. I just made stories that worked with those songs. īridget showing off her Karaoke skills on The Tonight Showįor my show, I built my set around the songs I sang at Karaoke like “You Oughta Know,” “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers, and “Piece of My Heart”-songs that I had grown up singing. It took a while to put two and two together. I didn’t really realize you could do that for a career. I used to go to Karaoke bars and have some drinks and just get on top of the bar and rip open my shirt and just go totally wild. Okay, don’t laugh, but the Karaoke bars were the real ground zero for where I mastered what I’m doing. It was a kind of performance I had never seen and certainly didn’t know existed.ĭid you do any training besides opera before getting up on stage and performing? I just loved the juxtaposition of the two and the dichotomy…They were so unique and individual and totally wild. But she also had the funniest, nastiest mouth in the world. Through lip-synching she could bring you to your knees and make you cry. When I first moved to New York I was going to see a lot of shows downtown like Murray Hill and Sweetie, who was a drag queen. Was there anyone or anything that inspired you in the process of making your act into what it is today? I thought I could be on Broadway, but turns out I didn’t really have the build for that or the money notes either. I wanted to be a rock singer or a pop singer but physically didn’t feel I had the build for it. New York just seemed like the coolest place in the world. When I grew up, I was obsessed with Debbie Harry. I always wanted to be there.” I didn’t really know why or what or how being a singer was going to work out for me there, but I just knew it was the place to go. I did a lot of karaoke and I was like, “I’ve got to go to New York. I was always singing the national anthem at sporting events. Making a living singing opera wasn’t going to be the thing for me, so about ten years ago I stumbled into it. I guess it was kind of a happy accident because I was just looking for a way to sing. When did you realize you wanted to pursue comedy? She’s original, full of energy, uninhibited, and humble: the recipe of a great artist. It’s no accident Everett is noted as one of the most talented comedians of today. Accidents aside, Everett is a performer with so much intention, giving 150% to every show she does. Bridget Everett’s career is full of moments she calls “happy accidents”: her love of Karaoke turning into a landmark NYC cabaret-comedy act, her growing list of film roles in movies like Fun Mom Dinner and Patti Cake$.
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