Even If It's Other People,

Yeah, There Were A Few Years In The Early Nineties Where I Really Began To Hate What Was Valued As Funny And Just Sort Of What Was Valued In Stand-up, Period.

There's Something Kind Of Beautiful About That Pure Love Of Things. Like, "i'll Show That I Love The Thing I Love By Hating Everything Else."

As You Get Older, As A Comedian, And Keep Doing It, What You Actually Start To Cherish On Stage Is Not The Build-up To The Jokes, But How Comfortable You Can Be In The Silence And The Non-laughing Parts, And How Long You Can Take The Audience Without A Laugh To Then Get A Huge Reaction.

With Acting, You See Some Of The Kids Are Literally Just Off The Street, Untrained, And They Are Great. And Others Are Off The Street, Untrained, And Kind Of Horrible.

I Know How My Body Operates Differently From What It Did When It Was 30 And When It Was 20. As Unhealthy As I Am, I'm Weirdly Aware Of Exactly How My Body Functions.