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That’s my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.
I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.
Your body’s really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.
I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking.
Never stay in a bad marriage, and don’t hang around with psycho coke fiends.
The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don’t know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time.
I wouldn’t totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I’m not going to go out of my way.
The audience changes every night. You’re the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh.
It’s painful for me to watch someone who isn’t funny. It’s horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who just totally sucks.
I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.