You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.

My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.

Everybody's funny in different ways.

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.