The first thing that I learned - and I understood it at a really young age - was that I could get a laugh. Really early. Because my mother and father are funny.
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When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.
I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'
My parents were funny. My brothers were funny. We just laughed and had a good time. Growing up, it breeds that. It breeds your funny. It breeds your creativity.
When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.
I'm the youngest in my family, and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.
My parents were very funny - they didn't know it. But they were. They were actually sharing an IQ.
I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come out of stress or trauma - something that makes you want to be funny.
I was a very quiet child growing up. I always knew that I was funny - I just never put it to use.
From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.
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