Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.

I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat.

I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out.

That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer.

I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they don't care - in the sense that they know what they're doing. They have a skill.

Louis CK went from a writer/comedian to winning Emmys for his own show because he works his ass off.

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.