Comedian

What people respond to is intimacy and regularity.

I think my mom recognized that I liked people to be happy. I like people to get along. And I like to be a peacemaker. And I liked the church. So she was like, 'You should be a youth pastor.'

Ideally, a good pastor wants to empower a congregation to the point where they don't need him. You want everyone to leave feeling better.

I'm the weirdo that tells - asks - the Uber driver to please turn the radio down. I'm so polite about it, though.

It's hard to control the things that are going to inspire you.

There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love each other and help each other, kind of like a messed up extended family.

There's something about a podcast that feels like two people in a closet with the lights off.

When you think about a festival from a comedian's perspective, it has to do with who else does it - that's number one. The second consideration - and this is kind of crazy - is: 'What's the food like? What is the town like? Is it walkable? Is it easy to get around?'

It's true that in show business, a lot of times a producer will just not ever be there, not even be aware that a show is renewed or canceled.

Every human being can relate to wanting their thoughts and their feelings to be accepted and rewarded and validated. So in that way, a stand-up is similar to almost any profession. It's very simply just someone who wants to be heard and live authentically and express themselves.

I wanted to be a pastor. I was going to be a youth pastor. I mean, I play guitar; I like to make people laugh.

Starting the podcast was an experiment. I wouldn't say I was very private, but I was probably as private as the average person.

I think it can be easy at a certain point to take it for granted that you can kind of perform whatever you want.

Life is temporary. We die one day. Live it up!

When you slide into television, no one tells you exactly how manage expectations and work with your staff.

Whenever I make a blasphemous joke, I always say that I believe in a God big enough to know that I'm just kidding. How can God not know that I'm kidding? And also, how could God be offended at a thing that he made not believing in him?

I love alpha males.

My mom wanted me to be a youth pastor, and when I became a comedian, she said it was close enough.

My wife left me when I was 28 in real life.

I look at my faith like a room, and there was all of this furniture in there, but I had inherited most of the furniture. Then, when I got divorced, I took everything out just to see how I was going to refurnish the room, and that was a very essential step in my life. It was great.