I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone.
Stand-up was my entree into the entertainment world. I didn't have to act out somebody else's words. I could just stand there with a microphone, and nobody would interrupt me. It's the most narcissistic thing you could probably do.
Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.
I was a shy kid with a broom handle that I pretended was a microphone.
When people heckle me, I have the microphone. And the press has the microphone.
We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that doesn't exist anymore. And it was one of those open mikes that wasn't really just for comedy.
I used to stand in front of the mic and cry.
Honestly, I never really put the mic down.
You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things.