For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.
I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.
Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.
Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.
I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.
Comedy pays the bills if I can't find a film.
The only weapon we have is comedy.
My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding.