As much as Metallica rocked, they always had these song names… ‘The Thing That Shouldn’t Be’. ‘The Chair That Wasn’t There’, you know?
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There is no reason to hit a woman. And I was just like, really? I could give you, like, 17 right off the top of my head.
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You know, it wasn’t even that I’m a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I’d be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.
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I cannot believe that [Donald Trump] is actually in the debates.
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I’m not going to lie. I am a psycho. Luckily, I get most of it out on stage.
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Deny your emotions and act like you have answers
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It’s just if one person says anything it becomes click bait and then they start talking about the comedy climate which is hilarious, so no.
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If you get a chance to go outside of the country, you start examining where you’re from and some of the thought processes.
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I’m a standup comedian who gets to act. I’m never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I’m doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup.
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For aspiring comedians? Don’t listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.
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Well probably the coolest show of that whole tour was in Germany. I had a chunk of material on [Adolf] Hitler, and I was worried about how they’d react, but they loved it.
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The greatest comebacks ever – watching [Donald Trump] get the nomination for the Republican Party is the most astounding thing I’ve ever seen.
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I wish they would teach it in schools: Give people the belief that they are going to do well. A lot of people are really talented and scared to follow their talent because you don’t know where it’s going.
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If you try to deliver a funny line in a funny way, it comes out as wacky and you ruin the scene.
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I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it’s that same fear.
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It was right after 9/11 and I decided to walk around the grounds of the Pentagon, because I had never been there.
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