Ian Gomez : (3) " We come from Second City where you’re taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good. " - Ian Gomez " When I got out of high school, I was working in restaurants in New York City, when I heard Bill Anderson from The Neighborhood Playhouse was doing private lessons. I started taking classes, and it was a lot of improv and Meisner and repetition. " - Ian Gomez " I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A. " - Ian Gomez