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Andrew Shaifer Biography

Birth Name:Andrew Shaifer

Profession Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Attended New York University, where he became friends with Adam Sandler and Molly Shannon, even heading to Los Angeles with Sandler to pursue acting careers
  • Quote: "(On acting) "I would tell those people to find out who they are as performer's, because when you walk into a room for an audition you have to be better and different than everybody else․ Every job I've ever gotten was because I'm so different․""
  • Quote: "(On comedy) "I think somebody is either funny or they're not․ I think its something in the person, did they get the joke or not?""
  • Teaches comedic acting in New York at the Michael Howard Studios
  • Performed 20 different roles in a nationwide one-man production tour of "Philadelphia, 'We the People․'"