I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little by little, telling stories about people I'd met and expanded my voices.

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

If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time.

Life is measured by how you lived it, not by the years.

Early on when I started talking about my weight, it was self-deprecating; everything was a joke.

I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.

You pigeon hole yourself by the title you give yourself.