Jim Norton and Harland Williams always make me laugh.
My nickname for my mom was ‘The Compass.’
I’m quitting the business today. I’m going to open up an appliance store, I’ve always really been into toasters. I’m giving it all up.
I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.
I just get excited doing shows. Off stage I am actually very feeble and must be spoon-fed because my hands are too brittle.
Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He’ll come to a lot of my shows. It’s not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.
You’ve gotta share what’s going on in your mind.
In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.
I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.
I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
Comedy is immediate. Comedy is a solo mission. You’re all by yourself, up there. And when you’re in a film, on a set, it’s a collaborative effort. It’s about me being a tool for somebody else to create a story and a character from nothing, from their imagination.
I’ve always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that’s why I wanted to do comedy.
I’m shooting a pilot based on my show. It’s a one-camera show. I play myself.
My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal where my brother, who worked for me, stole a lot of my money. He’s in jail now.
The key to attempting to create art in some aspect is also knowing that it will turn some people off.
Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!
I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I’d get into psychology.
I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don’t think I’m funny.
There were times, earlier in my career, where I didn’t have the wherewithal to self-edit, and I probably said things and pushed the limits to places where people might be put off. But that’s truly part of developing as an artist.