I've met presidents, but I've never performed for one. I said it was the first time in 50 years I actually had butterflies. You know, the Obamas were sitting out there, the Supreme Court, Maya Angelou, and Desmond Tutu for God's sake, all in the front row.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

I'm not a loner. I have to have a life partner.

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.