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.

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.

Comics can definitely be subversive on the whole, but it's a stylistic thing.

Sometimes crowds start out not liking someone but then they shift and love them. Or vice versa. It can shift on a dime.

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.

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.

Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.