America, I appreciate you liking me.
I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.
I felt in a lot of instances I was deliberately being put through stress because when you're a guy who generates money, people have a vested interested in controlling you.
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed.
I love Ohio.
The higher up I went, the less happy I was.
The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.
You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous.
There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.
My generation is under-entertained.
I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore.
Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.
The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.
People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.
One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.
I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.
Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.
