Occupation: Comedian Birth: January 27, 1969
I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do..
Anything's better than Gen X which is what we got. Thanks Douglas Coupland. We sound like a team of mutant vigalantees with frosted hair and chain wa….
There's all kinds of those moments in your life where either through a weird set of circumstances, or a song you hear, or a smell you smell, or one p….
There's no destination. There's no getting anywhere. There's just the going. The key to life is to make the going really fun. Because people that are….
Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in ….
I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's alwa….
You just do as many shows as you can to hone what it is you're working on..
If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple thea….
My advice to you is be boring, square, asshole parents... When I have kids, the most recent CD I will own - Phil Collins, No Jacket Required, and I'l….
Growing up there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. An….
Having enough money has to go hand in hand with living in a way that you're not being a slave to your possessions..
I think most comedians go through that (period), where you have to change or evolve. You don't want to just keep doing variations on the same themes.….
I want to experience as many different tastes, sights, emotions, conflicts, and cultures as possible, so that I can expand the canvas of my memory an….
Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors..
Just think of yourself as starting from zero every time. That's what I do with every new role. I'm at zero, and I'm going to do the work..
Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits..
I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast..
When you act, you're being asked to pretend in a very rigid, controlled environment. It's very un-childlike. So a lot of times, when you put kids in ….
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think….
I've gotten very cynical and kind of anhedonic about all the things I have to do to get to do comedy: all the travel, hotels, and airports..
You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not..