If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.

Nerdists, unlike nerds, tend to be creators as much as consumers. They're creative consumers.

It's very easy to attack ourselves. Even comforting in its familiarity, but you must resist this urge at all costs. Dwelling on the past or your perceived flaws will do nothing but keep you under emotional house arrest and hamper your progress. Commit yourself to growth and reward yourself with kindness for choosing to do so!

Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.