When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.
Ray RomanoI would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.
Ray RomanoAs an actor, that's nerve-wracking enough [drunk and doing coke] because you have to do it at the right level.
Ray Romano