People who are innately funny are innately disturbed.
Slot machines are like crack for old people.
I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.
Great art is not instant. It comes from experience, it comes from a place within. If you're trying to generate material, then you're going to generate stuff. It's not going to be great, it's just going to be stuff.
In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.
A comedian, or any artist, needs their time to develop what they are doing. There has to be some respect for the art form and when it's allowed to be seen.