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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's not as much fun resting on your laurels.

It's extremely hard work keeping fresh.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

I love doing stand-up. It's so self-contained - you go there, you do it, you go home - but with telly, there are too many people involved with it with opinions. You have a product, and everyone wants to change it.

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

The challenge is to keep it fresh. If you're talking about Britney Spears over and over, it's very hard to keep that interesting.

I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels.

What you can do is present existing flavors in a fresh way, in a fresh context.

A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material.