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.

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

If you're funny, you can find a stage to get on. If you're good, you'll start to get work and eventually get paid.

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.

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.

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

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