Occupation: Comedian Birth: September 12, 1968
Now I don't care what people think. I did some internet campaign where I was the voice of a puppet for Ford Focus ads because they were paying me a l….
I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over to….
I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, tha….
I came from a big family, with not enough attention. It's classic. I wasn't the baby, but was second to last. It's absolutely the same story that mos….
There's something strange about comedy requests. I guess if you enjoy something, why not hear it again? But there's something weird about it being li….
To have nice interactions with people is a better than to make anyone uncomfortable, than to try to fill up some kind of lull. Like anybody else, the….
I was going to say it's pretty bad these days, but I actually think it's pretty much the same as it's always been: There are a few really great shows….
I like working in television a lot. It's nice to have a place to go every day and a group of people to hang out with and work alongside with a common….
In the clubs, the entertainment and the restaurant business are at war with each other. You get crowds that are not the greatest, and it becomes like….
To achieve the intimacy between performer and audience in storytelling, I feel like I have to let the audience in on my emotional state, not just, "H….
I think Jaws is one of those movies that, if it is on, I will watch it until it's finished..
In my late teens, early 20s, when I started stand-up and I was living downtown for the first time, I was deep into my blues and Bukowski phase. And, ….
I love bad comedy more than I love good comedy, so I love open mics. Or I used to. But the thing that delights me more than anything else in an open-….
I do think I'm terrific at giving advice. Although in our hearts we usually know what we should do. It's rare that you get in a situation in life whe….
To sustain a career in show business, you have to have a certain amount of delusion, because it's such an insane way to make a living. The idea that ….
When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. Here's what cheering is: "Look at me!" That'….
Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia..
If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else, if you're not actively trying to do t….
The bike has very few controls. It's very simple to operate and understand and your field of vision is certainly greatly expanded as opposed to being….
How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous..
With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're funny, and you ….