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SAM LLOYD. Comedian, actor
Sam Lloyd is probably the most important
revelation in the comedy genre in the US
since the golden years of the Comedy Store
club and the first seasons of Saturday Night
Live. His humor, poetic with a dose of causticity,
and his fabulous voice make wonders in the
Scrubs tv-series - where he is Ted Buckland,
the singing lawyer. Sam Lloyd is now recurring
in Desperate Housewives.
Objectif
Cinéma : With your mother, your
father and your uncle being respected
actors was acting a natural choice of
life or did you ever consider to choose
another career ?
Sam Lloyd : It was a natural choice.
I was born into a theatrical environment.
I don’t remember the specific
moment I made the choice, I just figured
all along that that was what I would
do. If I ever did think of another career,
it would have been in music.
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Objectif
Cinéma : What was your course at
the Syracuse University ?
Sam Lloyd : I majored in musical-theatre.
Objectif Cinéma
: According to you, what was the most important
thing you learned there that you still use
today in your professional or personal life
?
Sam Lloyd : To use my imagination.
Objectif Cinéma
: What was your first acting experience
?
Sam Lloyd : My mother created and directed
a children’s theatre group called
« The Green Mountain Trolls »
in my hometown. My first role was a baby
rat in The Pied Piper when I was 3 years
old. I had just stopped wearing diapers,
but because I was the « baby »
rat I had to wear diapers as part of the
costume.
I was very upset with my mother for making
me wear them. After all, I was a big boy
who no longer needed to wear diapers. I
still haven’t forgiven her for the
humiliation (I’m only partly kidding).
Objectif Cinéma
: Could you explain to our readers what
is the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company
?
Sam Lloyd : It’s a summer theatre
company in the very small and beautiful
New England town of Weston, Vermont. And
without it I wouldn’t be here. My
parents met there doing summer theatre in
the 50’s when the road leading into
town was still a dirt road. They eventually
moved to Weston full time and raised the
family.
Over the years the Playhouse has grown into
a fantastic and respected theatre with onstage
and behind the scenes talent coming from
Broadway, and professional theatres in Chicago,
Los Angeles, and places in between. And
the road leading into town is now paved.
Objectif Cinéma
: Your work for television is well-known.
Before getting the role of Ted the lawyer
in Scrubs you did appear in numerous notable
situation comedies (Night Court, Seinfeld,
Mad about you...) Are sitcoms a very natural
transition from live comedy theatre, as
these shows are rehearsed before an audience
? Do you prepare your work the same way
?
Sam Lloyd : Yes, sitcoms really are a natural
transition. You don’t need to project
as much vocally or be as « big »
as in live theatre but delivering a joke
in front of a live audience is just the
same.
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