>> I was like a bad kid.
I got in a lot of trouble.
I was funny.
I liked making people laugh more than anything.
I always liked comedy.
As a kid I wanted to laugh and I liked telling stories.
I made my family sit around and I would tell them these stupid, boring stories,
I was making them up as I went along.
It was weird because I was the teacher's worse nightmare was like the award
and the guy that got that is in jail now.
So I was like a bad kid, but I sort of figured out how to harness it in a more positive way,
but now when I meet kids I go and do a lot shows at colleges.
I really reach out to the kids with disciplinary problems because I'm like I've been there.
After college I waited tables, I tried improve,
I went through you know there's backstage magazine
or newspaper where they're all the auditions.
I went to every stupid thing you just sort of have to go through.
I did open mics, I made my way in standup while auditioning the whole time and then I went
to the William Messiner studio and studied Meissner for two years
and then just kept auditioning, kept on working hard at standup
and then started getting some opportunities.
The first thing I got was a short little special on Comedy Central, just like ten minutes
and then I got Last Comic Standing right after that and then from there that sort of allowed me
to go on the road and headline for a year or two and then you know that didn't last.
So I just kept working hard, getting better and then I'm back to headlining the past two years.