Being a stand-up is my mission in life; it's my passion. My ongoing goal is to simply be funny, on my own, in front of a roomful of strangers.

As an artist, I gotta stand up to my own work.

I have a lot of that in my own life - passion, vigour, and what comes coupled with that.

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it's so much fun.

I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.

My truest passion is writing, so I continue to do that on my own while seeing what all the buzz is about being in front of the camera.