Anyone who buys a ticket can just go in there, and I don’t like everyone, so I always see concerts as like, I’m going to get punched, I’m going to get elbowed, I’m going to get stepped on, get spilled on, someone’s going to hit me with their body odor or something.
BARON VAUGHNThe thing is that where I want to go isn’t necessarily tied to what’s going on there politically, but I think Vietnam is a really beautiful country. I think Thailand is also really beautiful.
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One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I’ll count that as meeting.
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The Middle East is gorgeous, but again, politically, I would not want to go there.
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I was processing a lot of different things and kind of looking over a lot of things and rethinking my childhood.
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Netflix is very protective with their information .
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First of all I love Empire Records and That Thing You Do and all the movies he did from that era. He hates when I bring that up.
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I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say “old.”
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As you go on you realize “Okay I know how to get laughs but am I saying things I want to say? Am I writing jokes that I like?” You get to a point that is that so you move on.
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Lily Tomlin…I used to watch reruns of Laugh-In and she was always my favorite part. She’s this very unique talent and the way she does things has been a very big influence on me.
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If you’re driving down the street, you keep the neck forward. So that way you can clear out the lanes.
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I’ll get laughs in the places I don’t want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in. I don’t mean to get too deep into comedy here.
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The album [Blaxistential crisis] artwork is by a friend of mine who is a brilliant artist named Sara Pocock. We’ve been friends for a couple of years and she worked with me on the animation. I believe she’s still working over at BuzzFeed.
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I am afraid of abandonment, and, if you will, in a really existential way, being exposed as a fraud. Everyone’s afraid of it, and I definitely am. This is a fear that motivates. Oh, and heights. And getting stabbed.
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Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That’s sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs are for the reasons I want. It becomes a back and forth dance with the audience.
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When you’re a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.
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The audience is your first collaborator with the material. If that makes sense.
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