I’m one of those people that will walk into a bar, and if I wasn’t a comic – because some people know who I am – I would just blend in.
BOBBY LEEFor a while last summer I was depressed because nothing was happening. It got to the point where people like me were getting films, so I decided to focus on stand-up. It kind of saved my life.
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Generally, I am just myself, a crazy John Belushi type. But I’m not comparing myself to him. I think I am against stereotype. Generally Asian guys are more quiet – they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.
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I guess I am handsome – in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I’m … average?
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As I get older, I don’t think the world is becoming that funny. Comedy is changing a bit.
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Texas is the crossroads of the world. Everything here is big.
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I went to Tokyo three years ago. It was a job, though. I did an ad campaign for IBM, so they flew me out there to take pictures of me. It was IBM Global. It went to Australia, France, London, all over the world. But I think the ad campaign was a failure, because of me.
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It’s not that comedy has changed in terms of what’s funny. For me, it’s changed in that sometimes I don’t feel my finger is on the pulse.
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People treat you like s*** when you’re a doorman or a busboy. I licked envelopes for eight hours a day for this management company and cried half the time I was there while the managers were on the phone working.
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For a while last summer I was depressed because nothing was happening. It got to the point where people like me were getting films, so I decided to focus on stand-up. It kind of saved my life.
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People think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I’m one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff.
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I hate to be that dramatic, but I got a girlfriend and refocused my life on being more real and living a regular life rather than pursuing this other false goal of television and movie stardom.
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