I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying.

I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I got onstage whenever I could. And musical theater went out the window as soon as I started doing stand-up.

When God gives you AIDS - and God does give you AIDS, by the way - make lemonAIDS.

I'm so much more famous than I am financially successful. I mean, I live in a three-room apartment. I mostly make free videos on my couch. But I am fine.

If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere.

Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.