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

Chris Rock went from a guy whose name you knew from SNL to a legendary comedian by working his ass off.

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

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

TV is a different animal. It's not a club set. As you said, you do short sets on TV - about five minutes. So you have to get that rhythm down and also be aware of the camera so you're connecting with the viewers at home as well as the studio audience. It's a different muscle to develop.

After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for friends. I don't see the benefit in that, really.

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