We’re looking forward to introducing you to Loy Lee. Check out our conversation below.
Loy, a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: What is a normal day like for you right now?
In search of the best Matcha latte the city has to offer. I’ve found contenders but the champ is still out there. I tolerate most Matcha lattes due to the cafe is usually a solid place to write and hang out for a few hours and pretend I’m doing work. I’m not.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Loy Lee – stand up comedian, stand up guy, usually. I tell jokes to a dimly lit room full of strangers all around the city. I’m a Boston guy finding new ways to tell people Boston is the best city on the face of history. It doesn’t usually go well, but I try. I recently just finished doing comedy in 48 states, it was a 16k mile road trip. Took me 57 days, most of it was sleeping in my car. Why, you ask? so I could talk about it in interviews and bring it up in casual conversations.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. Who taught you the most about work?
As a Boston guy, I hated Kobe Bryant. It wasn’t until after he retired and really after he passed, did I start to look at his interviews and listen to what he talked about in regards to working. He worked out and was obsessed with the working out, the training, the drills. I never understood practice. Even in comedy, doing hell gigs and open mics, I only saw it as part of getting to the next thing. Kobe taught me, through his interviews, the HOW to work. HOW to practice. I bring this into comedy and get up and have an idea of what to work on and how to approach all of the things that are not just Shows and the spotlight. So as a Celtics fan, I still hate Kobe. As a student of working, I applaud him
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
As a comedian, if you don’t consider quitting regularly, I don’t think you’re doing it right. Maybe I’m wrong, but if you are honest with yourself and really looking at comedy objectively, I think you have to consider quitting often, if not nightly. Its hard, its tedious, it can be never ending. It’s depressing and demanding and can give you zero results. If you don’t think about quitting, you’re crazy. You might be crazy enough to find success in it.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. Is the public version of you the real you?
As a comedian, I can say that I give the public a real honest glimpse of the real me. I think that I give the audience a clear understanding of who I am. I’m not shy to talk about about what makes me who I am. I think the shocking part would be the balance of who I am. I am funny and outgoing and I’m also quite and introspective and sometimes I can be both at the same time. But the beauty of comedy is that honesty is not only asked for, its expected.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. Could you give everything your best, even if no one ever praised you for it?
I feel that comedy I give my best every time I get up and a lot of that time, no one sees it. Thats the depressing part of it. working to get booked on a show, promoting it, preparing for it, driving there, get there and theres no one there. You fight the promoter to pay you the money he promised and then driving back and pretending it didnt feel like a waste of time. I know I gave my best and no one was there to see it or praise me for it.
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