The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who’s really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.
And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they’re very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they’re kind of hard to tell apart – especially if the human is kind of hairy.
I didn’t do improv in college, I never performed, I didn’t do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.
And of course I didn’t make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.
A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he’s persuasive.
Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.
But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.
I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.
I just know keeping track of what I’m doing and where I’m going is important to me.
Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away.
Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn’t progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.
I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.
I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you’re really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you’re saying: ‘Hope I don’t get chased today.’ ‘Be nice to people in sneakers.’
I started being a comedy fan when I was, I’m going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.
I never set out to do a sketch show.
I love Steven Wright.
I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I’d know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.
I’d love to win trophies, be in movies, have a body of work I’m proud of and find a way to enjoy it along the way. Success is probably a more of a complicated thing than that.