Comedian

It's nice to go skating in a parking lot and hang out with people who aren't talking about their next movie role.

In 1980s, I discovered 'Late Night with David Letterman.' It was on one of the 13 cable TV channels. They didn't have 25 late night talk show hosts trying to be the most outrageous. There was the likeable television genius Johnny Carson and his mad-genius counterpart Dave. There was nothing else crazy on TV every night, and there was no Internet.

The easiest way to win the competition for eyeballs in the digital age is to broadcast bad behavior. People like watching train wrecks.

I want people to know that I'm not just this crazy person flailing around. A lot of thought goes into what I do.

I clearly remember what it was like before Facebook and before cellphones. They didn't have any of that when I was in high school.

I have so much more fun doing stand-up. I can't even begin to explain.

I used to love 'The Late Late Show.' It was nice to be able to be up late at night and see an extended conversation.

I love playing in Vegas because you've got people from all over the world, and you're already accepted. It's kind of a great mixture of people that come out to the shows, and that makes it fun.

Drew is a wonderful woman. I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out. I wish her much happiness.

After my show and others like it began airing on TV, network executives started to see that there was a market for outrageous, over-the-top content.

I like to do something that gets a real reaction from people.

If I ever interview somebody, I make sure I listen to them. As a comedian, I've gone on so many shows, I've wanted to take things to a crazy place. Sometimes the hosts don't like that.

The thing to keep in mind is that's how I started long before MTV and Twitter and Facebook. I studied at broadcasting school so I could learn how to shoot and edit videos, and tried to create my own television show so we could see through these wacky visions we had of funny bits we wanted to shoot.

I have a different perspective on the world than the way I looked at the world when I was 20. I was kind of naive. I'm a cancer survivor, been working in this industry for a time, and older with more opinions, more experience.

The truth of the matter is, I worry about nearly every bit I've ever done. I'm very critical of myself.

When I'm 65 and still performing every week, I'd like people to say, 'You know, when that guy was a kid, he made these weird, crazy videos?' And they'll have to go look for them - rather than it being the first thing they know about me.

I'm a little bit of a techie.

Steve Jobs is considered an amazing genius and made billions of dollars. Sure, we overlook that he didn't pay his share of taxes and didn't believe in charity. But other than these occasional rumblings of dissent, he is pretty much held in high esteem.

If an audience is loud and in a party mode, that's an audience that can absorb comedy.

You can't let regret stifle your creativity.