I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.

I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.

I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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