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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.

Back in the Stone Age, before there were workshops, it was a very difficult idea to get into musical theatre. Normally, you would be a chorus girl or boy and write something. People would get their start as rehearsal pianists or dance assistants.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won't give my TV show. I put it in my live show.