I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.”

I always was a funny guy, the class clown. I had a very funny dad and an extremely funny grandmother.

Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.

Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however plausible he may be, or however kindly he may behave; be sure that, the moment he has anything to gain by so doing, he will "throw you over."

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.