Q&A: Why comedy everyman Paul Scheer is acting as fast as he can

Actor-comedian-writer-director Paul Scheer, currently seen the Showtime series, “Black Monday,” is also the host of two popular podcasts about films, a regular presence at the Upright Citizens Brigade and the co-author of a Marvel Comics series. I’d rather have a successful thing that five people feel invested in than one person’s, like, “You’re working for me.” Does that come from a grounding in improv and sketch work? Or the idea of, “Hey, can you jump in the show, so-and-so’s sick?” You would intern there, teach classes — it was like this comedy kibbutz. My life is asking for favors — “Hey, will you come do the show?” Back in the early days, it was hard; now it’s part of a round of doing press. With June, I’m like, “Is this OK?” But if you can lose being embarrassed, and attacking people for making mistakes, we’re in a good zone — you make repeated mistakes, that’s a whole different thing.