I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest.

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

Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

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

You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up.

'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.