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I was really, really stagnating and getting bored in the steady work of television and didn't really know what movies I would be making that Hollywood would be making, and then I went on to 'Game of Thrones,' and it was just like, everything I've been waiting to do was handed to me by really nice people.

I'm happy doing stand-up, but I'll probably do a television show eventually. If not, I'll delve into this Internet world and decide best how to harness it. What I like best about it is the independent movie style and the ability to just be completely reckless within that world. I like that a lot. I just have to acquaint myself with technology.

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

I couldn't stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films.

But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.

I was dirt-poor. I could barely hold down a job. Eventually, though, I started getting small parts on shows like 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'... and lots of really bad sci-fi movies. I was running around the woods in wolf contacts, covered in fake blood made out of pancake syrup, roaring.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.

I liked working in a series, going to work every day and not having to leave town for long locations. I was producing them and building an audience.