The first time I got on stage I was 10 years old and I did impressions. I did cartoon characters and I really got the bug for this life when I saw that people were laughing and saw the attention I was getting.

Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.

[Making people laugh] was a secret dream I kept and I didn't tell anybody about it until I was about 18.

I got off the plane - I was walking and cooking at the same time.

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American.

I eat a lot of junk food, because that's what's usually available at 1:00am when I'm all done working.

I have always been told that I was a funny, entertaining person and have always been told to give comedy a try.