If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie?
From Howie Mandel
It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.
My point of reference is life, in everything that I do.
The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.
There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children's Network. We figured it was time to make it available to people who have never watched it.
There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket.
We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life.
We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience.
You release these things, and if they fly then you have more.
I've been chased. I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment.
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