Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.
Have you ever talked to someone, and you're not even really talking to them? Actors are the worst for that.
I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.
I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.
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.
I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with.
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.
The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone.
When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.
The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage.
Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.
If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?
Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD.
To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.