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" After I impulsively revealed that I have OCD on a talk show, I was devastated. I often do things without thinking. That's my ADD/ADHD talking. Out in public, after I did the show, people came to me and said, 'Me, too.' They were the most comforting words I've ever heard. "
Talking
Me
Thinking
" 'Deal or No Deal' works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, and move around the set. I'm not stuck behind a pedestal reading trivia questions. I've always had problems sitting still and listening for long periods of time. The show spares me these challenges. I can live in the moment. It's like a standup act. "
Reading
Challenges
Live
" Diana Ross saw me on Merv Griffin and hired me to be her opening act. "
Saw
Opening
Act
" Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell. "
Kid
Life
Getting Older
" I am beloved by millions. "
Beloved
Am
I Am
" If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie? "
Someone
Will
Game
" If you come to any of my live shows, you'll see, it's very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat. "
Very
You
See
" I go to therapy a lot. And I'm - I'm open about that, and I try to get the help so that I - so that I can cope and - and make my way in life and with my family. "
Help
Family
Way
" I have an insatiable desire to be the center of attention. "
Attention
Center
Desire
" I have thoughts - obtrusive thoughts and rituals that have to - it's like a broken re - a skipping record. And if these thoughts or these triggers happen to me through maybe shaking a hand or just a thought or just - then I can't get past it and move on with my life. "
Broken
Life
Move On
" I have to be the only person in America who had a doctor say to him, 'Please don't put any more surgical gloves on your head and inflate them.' "
Head
Person
Say
" I know intellectually that if I shake somebody's hand that I'm not going to get sick and die. "
Die
Know
Somebody
" I love voice-acting - I can go to work without wearing pants. Although I did wear pants during Gremlins. But it's always more comfortable to work without. And if you notice, I relate to Gizmo in that way because he also works without pants. I have furry little legs, too. "
You
I Can
Love
" I'm a huge fan of mine. I go to just about every show I do. "
Go
Mine
About
" I'm always in a hotel room, and I spend a good portion of my day setting it up so it's comfortable for me. Whether that means making paths out of towels so I don't touch the carpet or removing the comforters or just not touching things. Even sitting on a plane with a bunch of other people - it's really hard for me. "
Paths
Day
Good
" I'm always on the verge of death in my head. "
Death
Always
Verge
" I may be more passionate about my comedy because that's the one place where I feel comfortable - because I'm in the now. Performing is the only time of the day when I have to really force every ounce of concentration into whatever's happening in that moment. "
Feel
Comedy
Day
" I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that. "
Thanksgiving
Thankful
Me
" In the mid-1970s, there was this huge boom of stand-up comedy throughout North America. I went to see a show at a club called Yuk-Yuks, in Toronto, and I was just fascinated. I ended up coming back for amateur hour on a Monday at midnight and got up there without any thought as to what might come of it. "
Back
America
Monday
" I once called construction companies to bid on an addition to the school library so that there would suddenly be people outside, measuring the building. 'Who authorized this?' the principal would ask. The answer: 'Howie Mandel.' "
Library
Construction
People
" I once missed an appointment because I left my house, I locked the door. And then I thought, like anybody else, you know, 'I don't think I locked the door.' I just kept going back to the door. And I couldn't stop myself from checking and checking. "
Think
Know
Door
" I think being a dad is scary. I mean, I'm not that grown-up myself. "
Scary
Think
Dad
" I think the solution to making this world better is if we would just be healthy, mentally. "
Solution
Better
Healthy
" I think the thrust of any child is to try to fit in and be part of it. And I can't tell you how many times my humor, you know, what I thought was humor ended up making me the outsider. Like I'd be, I go, 'It's a joke.' And they'd go, 'Well, what was funny?' And they just thought I was insane. "
Me
Child
Think
" It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work. "
Day
End Of The Day
Work
" I've been chased. I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment. "
Safety
Name
Entertainment
" I've spent more time in Las Vegas than any other city, almost including L.A. where I live. "
More
Time
Vegas
" I was always incredibly obsessed with germs and cleaning and taking shower after shower after shower. Even when I was very young, I wouldn't tie my shoelaces because they had touched the ground. I had continuous repetitive thoughts that I couldn't get past. As a child, my mind was a lot busier than I was. "
Thoughts
Child
Past
" I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an adult, but I don't remember a time when I didn't have them. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up, my symptoms didn't have a name, and you didn't go to the doctor to find out. "
Name
Growing Up
Doctor
" I was kind of a misfit, actually. When you're young, you want to be like everybody else, and I was like nobody else. I couldn't sit still. I was impulsive. I still am. What is now called a 'talent' did not serve me well as a child. I didn't have friends. I was really an outcast. "
You
Child
Friends
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