Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?

Because we're comics and we pass each other on campus, we know of each other, and a lot of the time there's a mutual respect there.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

In my life, I didn't get into comedy to be - I had no business model. All I wanted to do was, basically, finish becoming myself. And you stand in front of people and be seen and heard in this format. I thought it was the most practical format for me to express whatever it was I was going through. Whatever my ideas were in my evolving philosophy about life. I obviously don't sell out theaters. I'm not a household name. I'm not incredibly consistent in terms of doing the same act over and over again, and I'm definitely working out a lot of my existential issues onstage.

I've become less angry and a little more humble by age and by experience and by going through the ups and downs of life.

Once I learned how to talk, personally, by myself to any number of people, which means do radio without talking to anyone in particular on the air - I just found that my brain became very free to engage in a sort of stream-of-consciousness style of doing what I do.

If you let someone talk for an hour, you're gonna have a pretty good idea of who they are, and I think that's more rewarding than me sitting there going, "That's complete bullshit about health care."