How Dana Carvey Created His Most Famous Characters | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Oprah Winfrey Network

Jana Jana where did church lady come from oh good question no it was uh you know basically we were Lutheran's I grew up Lutheran we call ourselves Catholic light you know it wasn't a real heaven we wouldn't go every Sunday there they are okay we would show up to church after missing a couple a couple of Sundays and I just noticed those the the rock bottom bedrock of the church these church ladies would sort of give this little judgmental as if they're saying well well apparently some of us come to church when it's convenient so yeah that's kind of where it all started what do you think church lady would say let's have a little fun with her what would she say about well well well we're have our own Network don't we Oprah this bunch thought I wasn't Jesus has Kevin who's the champion it's an easy thing to do it's just about condescension you know just start with we you can use it with Gail or whoever your friends we like ourselves don't ya I hear you now have Charlie Sheen um well I you start with Jack Nicholson you know okay can't handle the truth then you go to Johnny Carson gentlemen join Josh and then you move toward Nicholson gentlemen joined us Shannon winning da are your eyes yeah I mean that's its pop culture I mean will it will it have a shelf life in six months I don't know so have you enjoyed who have you enjoyed doing the most um I would say Hans and Franz that we're basically doing Arnold's cousins that's that made me the leg yeah because the attitude these sick demented people who are so defensive you know yeah if you don't think I'm a popular pumped up man you know you better not do your your Bell to my cousin flower like yeah that's sickness I enjoy doing that with Kevin is a very good friend that was my favorite Tina well I was that's the thing that makes Dane is such an amazing impression this is that it's one thing when you have someone who has kind of a crazy voice like Sarah Palin as a very distinctive voice but when it's someone when a real impressionist can take someone who seemingly just sounds kind of regular and find that Hulk yeah and also that at SNL that you have to not just get where you sound like the person but make them in some way a character and in your character that people wanna I remember when Al Franken and I like 2:00 a.m. we're trying to crack George Bush and Jim Downey was there and I was just kind of going like this I didn't have any hook for it cuz it when he came out was like what do you do then at one moment I remember going that thing out in that whole area over there going out that thing and Al goes we got it and I go you should be senator Oh well with me sixteen-year-old beautiful daughter Christina how proud are you of your mother we've all had moments in our personal or professional lives when it becomes difficult to stay motivated Erica diamond is with us to share how to stay inspired she's a life coach and the founder and editor-in-chief of the highly successful blog women on the fence

Channel: OWN

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Length: 3min 42sec (222 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 14 2015