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With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.

Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn't want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are? Nothing is as good, except maybe having a baby.

Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.

As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about bravery, especially in the early days. There is no doubt that it is going to go terribly for you over and over and over again. But you cannot get funny without bombing.

It's weird because standup can be like therapy. Comedians can't be satisfied with just having fun with our friends. We've got to figure out a way to do it on stage.