Robert: (on how his last name is spelled) It's [spelled] M-A-S-C-H-I-O, and no, I was not the Karate Kid [Ralph Macchio].
Maschio : (on doing comedy) The biggest skill that most comedic-minded people need is finding the right venue for their comedy to shine, because I really do think that certain people are very good at standup, others are very good at sketch, and there are still others who are comedic actors. David Hyde Pierce, for example, is a really gifted comedic actor; I don't know if he would do well as a standup. On the other hand I've seen a lot of standups who are so funny when they're in the room live at a comedy club, and then [when] I see them on a sitcom they're kind of muted because they're not in their venue
Maschio : (on auditioning for a Bill Lawerence play) The play was a success and it really highlighted Bill's great talents as he was unknown at the time [but] I was back in New York in eight months because I was broke and had no idea how the game worked.
Maschio: (on working on the 2003 film 'Date or Disaster') This was NOT my project at all - it was supposed to be a weekend thing, a 2-3 day shoot, for fun and it turned into a 2 month agonizing committement. I got sucked in more and more, and because I played the lead character, I felt responsible for it's outcome ... unfortunately it sucked and even though I tried to re-write and add funny graphics it didn't matter. It was a flawed, unfocused premise that could not be salvaged. It amazes me how the producers of that movie wall-papered it all over the internet ... I don't get it. I can't even watch it.
Maschio : (on doing stand up) I did stand up from 1993-1998/99 ... about 6 years. I really enjoyed the actual time on stage, but I wasn't very happy in the world of stand up comedy...(and I was pretty good at it, even though I was much more of a theater actor) One example why I hated that world: there's a comedy club here in los angeles. When I first started out, every week I would sign up and wait on line for about 7 hours to get to perform for 3 minutes on the 8 pm show! Crazy I know, but I wanted it badly. Anyway, I did this every week for about 3-4 months. And after every one of my "3 minute sets" the owner of the club would sit me down and tell me how I was going to be a STAR. One night, my set was going VERY well, so I kept going - over the 3 minute limit. At about 3 1/2 minutes, despite the big laughs, they cut the mike on me and motioned for me to get off the stage. The owner sat me down and told me I was banned from his club for 1 year because I went over the time limit ... I went from being a star to being a persona non grata ... in the world of stand up comedy, you're only as good as your last set (and sometimes even if your last set is going well, it doesn't matter).
Maschio : (on the Todd's popularity) It always felt to me that the Todd has been a fan favorite, maybe because of his unabashed enthusiasm for everything he does - life, sex, surgery, guy things etc. You'd be amazed how many people come up to me and ask for the high five.
Maschio : (on wearing a those undies) What can I say, it just feels right. I might add, it takes a certain kind of gifted man to fill out the banana hammock, either that or a lot of smushed up wonder bread ... kidding. Or am I?
Maschio : (on The Todd, his reoccuring role in 'Scrubs') I think he's not homosexual. He's not bisexual. He's try-sexual. He'll try anyone ... He's a hedonist. He's a sensualist. He's addicted to pleasures of the flesh.
Maschio : (on the cast of 'Scrubs') They make fun of me on the set, the other actors, because I'm literally always in the corner rehearsing my one line. And I won't talk to any of them. I just want to come in and nail it. Hopefully, I do.
After the two years at the Neighbourhood Playhouse School, Maschio stayed in Manhattan, preformed in plays and wrote his own comedy. He began to appear in comedy clubs at night and carried on the busy lifestyle of theater during the day. He continued this pattern for six years. During that time, he was also auditioning for television shows, but soon discovered that most of the sitcom work was in Los Angeles. On discovering this, Maschio moved to Los Angeles to further his career.
Maschio started out in the acting business as a comic until he landed the job as The Todd, on 'Scrubs'.
Before fine tuning his acting talents, Maschio studied abroad in his junior year at Columbia.
Maschio grew up in many places - one of them Syosset, Long Island - where after a few drinks his accent becomes more noticeable.
January 21st 2001, Maschio starred alongside Barbara Bain, Charles Kray, Sean Donnellan, Don Gettinger, Sam Brown, Kadina deElejalde, and Steve Seagran in Marc Unger's screenplay, 'Go with the Dog'.
Maschio played Touch Johnson in Richard Elfman's 2003 Film 'Date or Disaster'. Maschio is also credited among the writers of this film.
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