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I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.

If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.

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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.

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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

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Men don't hear women.

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But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

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I'm constantly preparing. Material hits me; I'm always writing. I go back and listen to my shows and just prepare and put my set together. But the day of, I like to have some downtime. A nice lunch is important for me.

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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.

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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.

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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.

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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.

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I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.

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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.

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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.

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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.

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It wasn't until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.

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Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

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Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.

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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.

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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.

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If I'm talking about something current, a current issue or something political, it's because I was able to read it when I was on the plane getting to the gig... a lot of it happens when I'm on the road because when I'm home, you're just mom, and that's it.

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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

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I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored.

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I have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody.

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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.

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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.

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I'm really funny now.

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I'm a huge Sia fan. I love Sia, I have just about all of her stuff.

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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.

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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

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