I've Always Had That Overweening Desire To

I Had Developed A Survival Skill Of Using My Wit To Score For Myself. If A Scene Was Dying, I'd Lob In These Little Bombshell Lines That Would Get Me Some Attention And A Laugh Without Really Helping The Scene.

I Did A Comedy With Al Franken About His Character Stuart Smalley, Which Was Really About Alcoholism And Addiction And Codependency. It Had Some Painful Stuff In It. When We Showed It To Focus Groups, Some Of Them Actually Said, "if I Want To See A Dysfunctional Family, I'll Stay Home."

I Learned Over The Years That It's Easy To Appear Smart Referencing Things That People Don't Know.

We Were Tremendously Encouraged By The Testing Of Analyze That. Audiences Loved It. They Were Telling Us That They Liked It As Much As The Original. We Recorded The Laughs In The Theater.

Stand-up Is Every Man For Himself; You Learn From Hanging Out At These Clubs And Watching Other Guys, And Then Trying Not To Be Like Them.