It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.

I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.

I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.

I watched a lot of comedy growing up.

I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.

I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.

If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.