Jill, We Became Parents So

When You're 6 Or 7, Your Father Becomes This Wonderful Presence In Your Life. I Really Responded To My Father. And Then, The Very Moment I Realized That I Loved Him Unconditionally, That Life Was Going To Be Great Just Because He Was In It, He Was Gone.

I Think There's A Percentage [of The Audience] That Don't Realize, That Don't Know That [standup] Is How Everything Began. We Planned It, We Work Hard, Rehearsals To Get This. It's More Of A ... It's Not Just Coming In There In A T-shirt And Holding A Microphone.

I Have Irrational Fears, And They All Go Back To Losing My Father As A Kid. I've Never Gotten Over It.

Be Wary Of Listening To Stories Secondhand.

The World Is Your Oyster When You Are Successful. That Was When I Was Getting Scripts. I Was Planning For This. I Like This Business. Parts Of It I Love, And I Didn't Want It To Just End. The Further You Get Away From Your Success, The Less Your Phone Rings. The Next Thing You Know, It's 20 Years Later And You're In A Mall Going, "remember When Al And I Used To Do Something Like This.