What has playing Jared on “Silicon Valley” added to your acting skills?
It’s added a huge amount because, first of all, it’s that 10,000 hours thing that people always talk about. Just having repped is invaluable. Being able to do scenes and play the same character for a long time gives you a degree of comfort and familiarity with not just the character but also your own problem-solving techniques: how to get your energy up when you need it to be up, how to center yourself when you feel distracted, all those situations. Reps are a big part of it. Then, there’s also the technical aspects, which I’m not naturally very good at. I’m pretty bad at hitting marks and eye line and all those specifics, so just having more “at bats” has been really helpful. The truth is, just learning how to hit a mark has been basically eight years of television work.

from “‘Silicon Valley’ Star Zach Woods on Kick-Starting His Career With Improv”