The fictional writer’s room of 30 Rock is a dormitory of misfits, droll freaks, and the occasionally sane scribe. Comedian Scott Adsit’s character Pete Hornberger manages to be all three: a neurotic, convulsing everyman who can still put Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) in her place or spring Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) from a fight in the basement. For Adsit, a veteran of Chicago’s Second City improv troupe, the show has become its own kind of beast, wavering between Laugh In -style absurdity and stark reality. Movieline spoke with the 44-year-old actor about Pete Hornberger’s journey on 30 Rock , Second City nostalgia, and performing with a very nervous comic legend.
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Scott Adsit Talks 30 Rock, Improvisation, and Alec Baldwin’s Big Ideas
