The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.

You can't cancel my stand-up tours. It's impossible. There's too many separate bosses. There is no 'bosses.'

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

It’s been a very old thing for people to gather together and laugh at stuff. The first comedian in America really was Abraham Lincoln. He used to go to a pub near where he lived and stand in front of the fire and he packed the place every night and he would just talk and bust everybody in their guts. He was just a hilarious speaker and that’s what he did.

Don't text or twitter during the show. Just live your life. Don't keep telling people what you're doing. Just, because also - also - it lights up your big dumb face.

I just always loved comedy and I really wanted to be good at it. And it was heartbreaking, 'cause I started and I wasn't good at it. I was only 17-years-old, so I had a lot to learn about life in general. But I just kept on trying. I was young enough and stupid enough and I had no other choice. I had nothing else I was good at.

Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it.