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N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 4 7 performance FromTopCourTesyJonaThansogunquiTpaulapoundsTonepressphoTo Shes All ThatPaula Poundstones sincerity keeps showing behind all the joke-cracking. See why shes a perennial favorite at Jonathans in Ogunquit November 28. IntervIew By nIna LIvIngstone I lost my sight ten years ago and I also have a hearing loss. I guess you could say I am a deaf blind journalist. How would you describe yourself to me Yeah and lets see what else I have blue eyes that are usually red now because I have glaucoma and I take those stupid drops. You have glaucoma I do and the drops make your eyes red. And Im in the midst of a bunch of eye stuff now. I have kind of high cheek bones my heads sort of squaring out over the years. Im about five seven but I have terrible posture so I look shorter. When did you first feel you had it in yourself to become a comedian and that you had a gift of humor You know Im not sure theres such a thing as talent exactly. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell dis- pels the myth of talent and I re- ally agree with him. If you get to be good at something its because you love it. Its not just practice its a particular attitude also access and opportunity. He says it takes 10000 hours of practice to be an expert at something. I dont know if I have 10000 hours on stage I would doubt it because Im not putting in eight hours a day on the stage or 10 or whatever so I dont know if Ive practiced enough in that regard. I was lucky enough to be living in Boston in 1977 when the stand-up come- dy renaissance took place. The scene started up and I kind of jumped in and joined up with that. There were places to go work there werent a lot of us performing at that time. Whatever it is did it come to you naturally Ive always loved making people laugh. In May of 1965 my kindergarten teacher said I have enjoyed many of Paulas humorous comments about our activities. So at least in with that. There were places to go work there werent a lot of us performing at Mrs. Bumps eyes I was what I aspired to very early on. Did you have a lot of support after that Not exactly. I started when I was 19 and people used to say to me Well what do your par- ents think Do your parents like it that youre a stand-up comic And I used to say I have no idea I didnt ask them. Where do you feel you found your strength and your courage to be up there Well the great thing about stand-