I'm inspired by making people laugh at subjects that should make them cry.

My sister is going to have a simple wedding. Just immediate family. And whoever the hell would want to marry her.

That's the worst way you can hear about comedy material: from a third person's blog story that they wrote when they were upset.

I grew up in a poor family. I had to cut everyone's hair, because we didn't have money for entertainment.

My dad was amazing. He raised five boys. All by himself. Without the rest of us knowing.

It was important to me to be cool as a comedian. I didn't want to be a crowd-pleaser who sent out the vibe of, "I need you guys." I wanted to be so cool that the audience could leave and I would still be killing, that I didn't want to have to rely on them or need them. That really appealed to me.

Every year I volunteer at a hospital on Thanksgiving, deep-frying turkeys in the children's burn unit. I do it just to see the looks on their little "faces."