It's always difficult when someone close to you passes away. But it's really tough when they're on top of you.

I feel like every first episode of a TV show is bad, you know, and it always improves.

I love Pittsburgh. Most of my family still lives there and I try to get back a couple of times a year.

I’m not a religious person; I would call myself an atheist. I don’t have a good story behind it, I’m just reasonable.

Disasters are funny to me. As a comedian you learn from failure, so I'm always trying to put myself in a situation that does not seem ideal for my comedy and see how it works.

I try to retire jokes as soon as I can once I put them on an album. But I can't think of anything I just stopped doing for no reason.

I'm really proud of the album. It's something I always wanted to do but I had to wait until I was ready. Shakespeare is a culmination of eight years of stand up experience and joke writing. I recorded two shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. The crowds were great and that's what really makes an album.