They really cut to the chase in the urologist's examination room, and I tried to laugh. If this office were a movie, it would have been rated R.

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

Failure's hard. There's no way around. Bombing on stage never feels great. You feel judged, you feel alone. But then when your performance works, it's transcendent.

Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing.' There is a thing in the book that I do every time, it's part of my production structure. He said when you're hiring an actor, ask them what draws them to the project, and don't lead them to the answer.

I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an electrician when they were digging the subway.

The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.

There is no such thing as #1 in art.