Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

If you're a cartoon character or most TV characters, sure, you'll fight, because the punches are juicy-sounding and they don't leave marks. But in real life, if somebody punches you in the eye, it doesn't make any noise and your eye is swollen for, like, six months. It's a nightmare to get punched in the eye.

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

Most Americans have so much crap, that you could lose most of it and still have way more stuff than the average Canadian.

Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a whole form and all his jokes are poems. So it's different. I wanted to do it like George Carlin. Now I do it like me.

Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.