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

In terms of my own work ethic, I've always been a determined person. When I'm focused on something, I try to see it through.

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.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily.

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.

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.