Our mandate at Nerdist is that we only get involved with nice people around things that we love. We have the luxury of being in the demographic that we're programming for.

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

I feel like being nerd is not about the superficial quality; it's about how nerds approach life. It's much more emotional and mental than it is you're some fat guy living in your mom's basement, which I think is just a hacky stereotype.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, it took effort to be a nerd. You had to seek out the nerd stuff.

Do you think Patrick Swayze now goes up behind people in pottery classes and hugs them just to crack up other ghosts?

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

When you don't take an aggressive role in shaping your thoughts, feelings, and perceptions, you become a helpless passenger floating through the universe like a ghost ship, merely reacting to wherever it takes you.