Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.
I don't think I'm ever going to retire from stand-up, but what I have retired from is working the road every week.
My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.
Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.
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.
Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
I survived on sandwiches, and I was on stage every night for six years of my life. I was working 16 hours a day between class, rehearsal, being on stage.
I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life.
I don't work on longevity, I work on keeping people healthy.