Certain actors are seemingly so perfect in every role they play, I start thinking about a future where cloning exists, and what it’d be like to remake the classics with just one super-talented person playing all the roles. It’s a dumb idea, sure, but Kaitlin Olson is the just the kind of multi-talented performer who’d justify trying the clone thing at least once. She’s currently a triple threat on the 2025 TV schedule, and when she offers up comedy advice, anyone within earshot should be listening.
Case in point: the SAG-AFTRA Foundation shared an Instagram video featuring Olson’s mini-Masterclass session that, while obviously limited in time, still lays out a few of the best tenets to adhere to within a comedy career. As she put it:
When you’re doing improv, just listen. Listen, listen, listen. You don’t have to talk so much. Especially if you’re in a scene with a bunch of people who know what they’re doing. Listen, let them be funny, and when you have something to say, go ahead and go for it. And do not be afraid to fail, because not everything that comes out of your mouth is gonna be a home run, and that is okay. It’s not supposed to be.
Disney’s TV boss seems bullish about the actress landing an Emmy nod.
Olson will be popping up across the currently airing fourth season of Max’s Emmy-hoarding comedy Hacks, as well as the impending 17th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and let’s of course not forget the previously renewed second season of ABC’s procedural dramedy High Potential.
If there’s anybody out there who watched the above video and still can’t figure out how to be funny, maybe that engineering degree IS the way to go.