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I've been performing since I was a child; my mother would have to pull me aside and tell me that I wasn't onstage. I was a cheerleader, president of choir, and in the school play.

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.

I don't remember ever deciding to become a performer. I just always was. I began performing by mimicking the performers on the new television that first took the attention away from me as the baby of the household. I continued performing to put a smile on my grandmother's face and always considered her when accepting or declining roles.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

I was an entertainer, ever since I was a kid.

Who I am on stage is very, very different to who I am in real life.

I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother.

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.