The Comedy Store - all three rooms were filled with…

The Comedy Store - all three rooms were filled with 800 people in the room. And during that time, all these guys and some women, but mostly guys who weren’t funny were doing stand up for a living; they weren’t accountants, they were making $30-$50 grand a year on the road, or more.

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I’ve had a pilot every single year that didn’t sell for the past four years, that’ll smack you in the back of the head. I had a really good one last year; I wouldn’t have done the play in New York if I had gotten that one. - View Quote Details on I’ve had a pilot every single year that didn’t sell…
What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone’s ringing a lot more and I’ve got nine lines so when it doesn’t ring, it’s very frustrating. - View Quote Details on What I have now are good problems of trying to…
A couple people are absent that I love like Cosby and Seinfeld are not there, for obvious reasons, and Chris Rock doesn’t tell the joke. - View Quote Details on A couple people are absent that I love like Cosby…
I don’t like the negative of reality tv - the ‘you’re no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.’ It’s all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody. - View Quote Details on I don’t like the negative of reality tv - the…
The nature of comedy is ‘just do it.’ But I think what’s interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it’s just saying what’s wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it. - View Quote Details on The nature of comedy is ‘just do it.’ But I…
There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that’s about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don’t see another comedian who I put in high regard as him. - View Quote Details on There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock…
Right before I did this play, I did Entourage and they had written the part for me. I’m friends with a lot of the guys on that show - Doug Allen, Cliff Dorfman and Rob Weiss; we wrote a movie once together. - View Quote Details on Right before I did this play, I did Entourage and…
I would actually go up during those; it was kind of scary for the people at first and then they were happy. Now, there’s a couple amazing people out on the road like Pablo Francisco and Dane Cook is out there and they’re building a huge audience with the craft of stand up comedy. - View Quote Details on I would actually go up during those; it was kind…
It turns into this ‘mad as hell and not going to take it anymore’ scene from Network and he goes nuts, which I felt was the most compelling part of the movie in a way cause it wasn’t airable and he just went into battle attack. - View Quote Details on It turns into this ‘mad as hell and not going…
I was on Entourage last week smoking a bong and making out with hookers and I did show them that before, cause it wasn’t a hard ‘r’ cause a lot of people are watching that show that they know, not my little one - she’s 12, but very sophisticated so it’s an unusual case. - View Quote Details on I was on Entourage last week smoking a bong and…