Smokey and The Bandit was just a lark. All we did was run up and down those Georgia roads wrecking cars and having the time of our life.
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.
The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.
I've never really thought of my real life - you know, the one I wake up to and fall asleep to at night - as being a pop star's life.
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
I was always making up rhymes. But I never thought that poetry would become my life.
No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.
I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.
Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.
I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway?
No amount of love from the outside can make up for the lack of self-love in one's heart.
I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.
Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.
You can grow up with literally nothing and you don't suffer if you know you're loved and valued.
I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.
