My act is based on my life.

No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there.

I don't like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like TV.

Well, the coffeehouse audiences never know what they're going to get, and all the comics are different, as opposed to when you go to a club, and they're pretty much all telling jokes with set-ups and punchlines. Coffeehouse audiences are the most forgiving: They really listen, which is the best part.

So I wonder if anything should ever be off limits.

No one teaches you how to do this. How do you let go of someone who you love so much?

When my pals in high school were starting to drink, it always looked unappealing to me. I would be at a big party and see one of the popular girls or football players completely wasted and puking and acting a fool, and think to myself, there is nothing cool about that. I never wanted to be that out of control.