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I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road.

Being a stand-up comic, this isn't a stepping-stone for me; it's what I do, and this is what I'm always going to do. And even if I do a TV show, the only reasons to do a TV show is to get more people to know me to come out to my stand-up shows.

I'm sure that no matter what I'm involved in, I'll always be doing comics, at least in some minor capacity.

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

You know, I'm playing the Mirage in Vegas, the main room... About 5 percent of all comics end up as the main headliner on the Vegas Strip, so that's a big deal for me. Getting to do my stand-up the way I have this summer is really what I've dreamed of since I was about 10 years old.

I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much.

I love stand-up comics, particularly those who have embraced podcasting.

It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.