Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
I'm really funny now.
In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.
Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.
I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
I'm here today because I hated everything else.
I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
Men don't hear women.
What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
