Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media).

Comics definitely embody the importance of practicing free speech.

I don't really worry about a crowd liking me.

It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.

Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you.

I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny.

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.