Both creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely.
The one-word story about why I have a chip on my shoulder is 'bullying.'
I'm a pescatarian.
I do know I've lived through a bunch of things that people would maybe prefer I keep behind closed doors.
I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'
When I was growing up, I think I was expected to be seen and not heard. You're this little, nerdy kid; no one wants to hear about how sad you are. Nobody wants to hear that you feel lonely.
I am scared of horror movies.
Sometimes we get bored and want to shake up our format. It's a luxury we have on public access - no one cares about us. It literally doesn't matter if we fail, so sometimes we try to go really big and out of the box.
I think there's too many gay jokes in comedy and not enough honest explorations of sexuality.
To a crowd that loves improv, Robin Williams is like Chuck Berry.
I think I'm a very notoriously positive comic.
I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.
I've seen situations where I think comics are really unrealistic about what creative expression and what the artistic freedom, what that entails.
I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.
I am a stereotypical northeasterner. I'm always in a rush. I've attracted stares from out-of-towners when I've shoved past someone blocking the subway door.
I know there are many things California can offer - personally, professionally, meteorologically - that New York can't. It sounds awesome.
I moved to Queens from New Jersey in 2004 and have continued to stick with New York to such a degree that when people ask me to explain it, I'm sometimes unable to provide an answer.
Part of North Jersey life is that everyone is obsessed with being tough all the time.
My sadness compels me to hide it so that people won't judge me. Seeking help would have blown my cover. Meanwhile, my mania convinces me that it's making me fun so I'll want to dive further into it. Seeking help would've ruined that good time.
West Orange, where I grew up, is the hometown of Ian Ziering from 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' Scott Wolf from 'Party of Five,' David Cassidy from the 'Partridge Family,' and Mike Pitt of 'Boardwalk Empire' and 'Dawson's Creek.'
