Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing it, I just loved it, and I realized that I was actually kinda good at it, and then that was it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.
I started doing stand-up in college.
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.
I love to work. I love doing standup.
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.
I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.
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'm proud to say that I've never had a normal job. I started doing stand-up when I was in high school, purely as a measure to never get a proper job.
I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.
I'm set up where I make a lot of money doing stand-up, and it's easy.