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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.

I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and I quit. I started to break down why I was afraid and started to look at people I admired, like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Freddie Prinze, George Carlin and all.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

I sort of attract people who are interested in my comedy for being able to talk about whatever I want to talk about and not being ashamed of who I am and not hiding it.

The main reason I got into comedy was in the hope that I could make a few people laugh and feel better about life, and the fact that I do that is quite overwhelming, really.

With comedy, I try to steer toward, you know, talking about people that do crazy things, messed-up things. That's what I like to talk about.

As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.