Modified On April 11, 2008
The Ithaca Times ran an interview with Jerry Stiller after his solo performance at Statler Auditorium
Tonight, I did what I wanted to do. I’ve always wanted to stand up in front of a crowd of people who were willing to listen to me and tell me whether my life was worth anything as an actor. I’ve been in plays, movies and all that, but this is something that’s always been in my mind, that I wanted to be up there as a stand up comedian, which I was never able to do. And when I stopped working on these television shows, I had the opportunity to start to put my life together for people. I started to craft the stories in such a way that they became more than just little sound bytes. And people liked it!