I was a club kid. I was on the cover of 'New York' magazine and discovered like that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a clubber in the Nineties. I went dancing every week.
I was in 30-plus clubs when I was 14 years old.
I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.
Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there.
When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys' club.
I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek' article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running.
I can't remember the last time I went to a club.
By the time I started doing stand-up, the club scene had died.
When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went with my roommate... These guys said, 'We're going to this club. Just don't go in the washroom.' It was CBGB. I had no idea what it was or the history of all the music. All I knew was this was my first 21-and-over club and I managed to get in!
I was never much of a club guy. Even when I was in New York in the early eighties, I never was once in Studio 54. It was too noisy. My version of those years mostly took place at my house.