It's fun to play someone who seems evil and to reveal their vulnerabilities.

It's fun to play someone who seems evil and to reveal their vulnerabilities.

I am, like anybody else, full of contradictions and personality traits, and I don't know which ones to speak from as a stand-up or what aspects of myself to ask an audience to identify with.

If anything, in the podcast world, I'm relieved that I don't have to dress like the character. I don't necessarily have to do all of the physicality that conveys the character, but do as much as I need to help me feel like the character.

I can't say the connection is one I've made consciously, but quitting drinking allowed me to be less selfish. My wife would definitely say that one of the major benefits of me quitting drinking is that I have more time and focus for other people.

It's hard for me to shut off my writer brain completely.

It's great fun to memorize somebody's biography, and then liberally play with the real facts of their life and go a step beyond reality.