The nice thing about anger is that, as an emotion, it's strong enough to unplug me from the comedian's mind for a minute and just be a frustrated member of the citizenry.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries have gone. I hate children on planes. I'm very shallow, so they tend to be little things. To be honest, I think I was probably angry the day I was born, you know, about diapers or something.
I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.
I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.
Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.
A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.
I think my comedy is about finding the good in bad situations - finding the joy. Why be angry? It doesn't help anything.