Any notable moments spent on a subway usually do nothing more than expose human awfulness at its most pronounced.
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I feel like a lot of performers' worst shows happened in Philly. There's something about that town.
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I've exceeded the expectations people had for me as an unconfident runt who grew up in North Jersey as well as the expectations I had for myself.
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I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'
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As a stand-up, as a storyteller, as an improviser, I've done thousands of shows. They allow me to work out new material that might turn into something later. They let me keep my muscles sharp for when the rent-paying gigs do come along. They keep me sane.
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When I really have it together, I think I successfully pull off looking like the exact middle point between Macklemore and Ron Howard, only with a much bigger forehead than either of them.
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You don't often see vulnerability on TV, especially talk shows.
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I don't think I'm ugly per se, but on bad days, I have been told that I look like the monster from 'The Hills Have Eyes.' That was extremely confidence-shattering, so I try to take care of myself.
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By August of 2003, I had graduated from Rutgers, gone through a stretch of living at my parents' house, and wound up sharing an apartment with a college friend of mine in Montclair, New Jersey.
