TV is easier: it's all planned out for you, and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up, but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over. To me, that's more pure.
George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular comic and he had short hair, a tie, suit, nightclub guy. Then he said screw it, let his hair grow, just started telling what he thought was the truth. So that's what I'm trying to do.
I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.
I don't do one show and wish I was doing something else.
I just try to get people to laugh - I'm not trying to change the world or anything.
People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren't doing better than they are.
That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.
If you're wearing a Bluetooth thing and you've got that thing on your belt, you are working for somebody else. You are not the guy in charge. That's a really good social status indicator.
I've always got stuff in my head in case I meet somebody like Steven Spielberg or someone like that, where I can hopefully say something to them that nobody else has ever said and get a laugh out of them.
We'll never see national shows with 45 shares again.
When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.
I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.
The laughs are honestly bigger, ... They are the kind of unexpected belly laughs you get with your friends during conversation.
I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel.
Funniest thing happened though, you wouldn't believe it, ha, the mannequins came to life. I went insane.
I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas.
One day I was running around playing with my son Connor when afterwards I was sweating, tired and out of breath. I was embarrassed that something as enjoyable as playing with my son was so tough for me to do. Immediately I started an extensive diet and exercise plan. It completely changed my life and helped cure my Type-2 diabetes.
The TV season is a year-long thing now, and the networks are starting to look at it that way, thanks to cable, satellites, and competition.
My fans are pretty normal, they are always really nice and polite, and they don't interrupt my meals.
I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.
Sometimes I like [being famous], sometimes I don't. I've always been a people watcher. I like to go to malls and just sit, and I can't do that very easily anymore.
I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.
International soccer has been a big part of my love for the sport. I love the Men's National Team. I can say that they're my favorite sports team.
The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.
Who ever thought that the world-famous Captain Obvious was really mild-mannered Colin Mochrie?
