I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

The New York Times made you or broke you.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

The thing I gravitated to was being the class clown. It was very competitive.

I have a lot of heroes. I don't think people give enough of a tribute to their mentors. They try to act like they're spontaneous generations - they are faking liars.

Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.

It was at a performance art space that's no longer around, Gusto House... All of these great performers from all over the country lived on the Lower East Side, and they would take somebody's living room that opened right onto the street, open the door and charge tickets and put up chairs.