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I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.

We were the guys on the other side. It was hilarious.

David Steinberg

I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.

David Steinberg

Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested.

David Steinberg

The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there.

David Steinberg

Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week.

David Steinberg

Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.

David Steinberg

And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again.

David Steinberg

The one thing an audience always has in common with a comedian is troubles. The Yiddish word for that is tsuris. You're always putting your tsuris on stage whether you like it or not. No one is untroubled, unless they're just, you know, an imbecile.

David Steinberg

I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes.

David Steinberg

The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

David Steinberg

I used to have a theory actually that, if you've had a good childhood, a good marriage and a little bit of money in the bank, you're going to make a lousy comedian.

David Steinberg

You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.

David Steinberg

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

David Steinberg

When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.

David Steinberg

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.

David Steinberg

Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal you are, the wider your audience.

David Steinberg

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

David Steinberg