It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.

I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting.

I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.