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As you get older as a comedian and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

I'm not a comedian, but I do make people laugh. I'm good at it.

When you're a comedic actor and you're used to just getting laughs, it's kind of scary to go serious, even for a second.

As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are any, in the dialogue.

I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I started.

My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too.

The greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. Its the most fun.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.