Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the earl...
At one point, I didn't get out of bed for, I think, three months, and I went down to the bottom of the hill one day and I had to call somebody to get me to come back up - come pick me up because I couldn't physically walk up the hill.
I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on the beach. I was like a summer baby. But I did grow up in the South. I grew up in serious, serious Appalachia, in...
Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to ...
Waking up in India is like waking up to life itself.
Your desire is not up to your decision, your decision is not up to your determination, your determination is not up to your destiny.
There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.
Better collapse earlier than giving up later, but what best is never giving up.
Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.
Generally, I wake up, honestly it's creepy, but I wake up around 4:20.
I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.
For those who sit on the stairs, a good quote is a strong invitation to stand up and to go up the stairs!
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.
As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.
I remember running up to my dad and saying, 'I want to be an actor when I grow up!' And him saying, 'Yeah, well we'll talk about it.'
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.
I think it's prima facie evidence for the existence of God because for me to grow up and actually end up working with Glen Campbell is almost unbelievable.
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.
Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.
