I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.

I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young. So it's like he's sort of a senior and I'm a junior, in terms of the business. He's done so much - from writing on Conan and Chris Rock to writing and directing movies, having his own HBO show, "Lucky Louie," and now having "Louie" on FX.

Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.

I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches that I wrote, which really sparked my pursuit of comedy.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

It's a constant process of bouncing ideas off of one another and intuitively arriving at the right decision in the moment.