Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town.

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?

I have tons of jokes with moments in them over the years in stand-up that don't get a laugh but I love them so they stay.

It's important to remember that life is a joke and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.

It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.