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I remember when I was young, I was watching TV, and my father came into the room, agitated, and told me to start a business. I was eight years old.

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I give a facial expression in a moment of silence for audiences to react to what I just said and kind of let that marinate with the audience for a little bit. I enjoy the physical part of the comedy as much as the verbal content. People tend to gravitate to not only what they're hearing but also what they're seeing.

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Growing up in an Italian family, we used our body to convey a message.

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We grew up in a middle-class family in Chicago. Even when we went on vacation as a family, it wasn't a really fun time, because my father didn't want to spend any money when we got there.

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I developed a knack for storytelling early on around the kitchen table with my family. I just happen to be a funny guy.

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I'll never stop doing stand-up. There's nothing better than getting in front of 2,500 people and making an entire room laugh.

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If I can relate to the joke, it's going to be funny.

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It took me a good eight to ten years to really formulate what I was doing onstage and start to get really personal with comedy. I always really had timing naturally, it was just about trying to figure out how that timing was going to work onstage.

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I used to devour a lot of stand-up comedy in my cousin's basement. He had cable and I didn't, so I went there and saw all the comedians.

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I don't like long jokes. I like stories rather than setup punchlines.

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