I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what you say. The words that you put together can be just as hilarious as falling all over the place or doing something.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The big things that I've learnt from my dad is that you can just say what you want to say.
I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.
I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend.
The first thing that I learned - and I understood it at a really young age - was that I could get a laugh. Really early. Because my mother and father are funny.
I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?'
I learned that when something just has to be said to move the discussion along, or broaden it or deepen it, if I can just keep my mouth shut for five minutes a student will say it. So for me a lot of teaching is about keeping my mouth shut.
I learned to think about religion, race and sex through the complex and often unattractive medium of jokes.
When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
You learn timing on the road. You learn structure and how to read an audience. You learn so much about the business of laughter that you can't learn on a set, because it's all on you. Sometimes you bomb, and you know not to tell that joke again... You just hope people find the humor in the awkwardness.
I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance - you felt that everything he sang had happened in his life.