You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional, meaning that you can handle any situation.

I grew up in such a featureless, personality-less suburb. There was nothing to push against.

If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.

Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.

Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

I identify myself as a stand-up first. Even though lately there's been an explosion of acting on my schedule.

Even if it's other people, like on MySpace pages, we're just as collective of enthusiasts now. That seems to be the world we're in.