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" If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. "

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" I get a little heated when I talk about the past. But I wanted to be clear - I'm not mad at anybody - not anymore. "

" The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me. "

" There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic. "

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" People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you. "

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" My generation is under-entertained. "

" You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous. "

" The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching. "

" Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me. "

" After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding. "

" I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes. "

" The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. "

" I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic. "

" Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life. "

" Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything. "

" You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it. "

" My wife asked me once if I weren't a comedian what I would do. I couldn't answer the question. I never imagined doing anything else. "

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" I got a lot of positive people around me. "

" I love my jokes. "