I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment.

I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.

No one will ever ask me to sing because it's beautiful. My secret is hiding my musicianship behind humor.

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

I always call performing live "giving the people the medicine," because when you're engaged in it, you can feel the sort of soul magic being exchanged between the performer and the audience.

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

People keep referring to me as a standup, and that just doesn't sit well with me because a lot of my friends are standups and they're brilliant at writing jokes, and I'm not.