Q: What's the first joke you ever wrote?
A: I don't remember, but I do remember the first joke I ever read. I was in grade school and it was in one of those 101 joke books that I bought at the school book fair. "What do you call a nightmare where you're being attacked by a dog? A bitemare." I want to find that book and burn it.
Q: What is the source of your sense of humor?
A: It's definitely hereditary. My parents are both very funny people. My dad is more of the prankster type. He loves tricking people with whoopie cushions, the fake peanut can, those type of things. And what's great for him is that there's new people coming from Cuba every other week who don't know about those tricks yet, so he gets them every time. My mom is more the no holds barred/make fun of everything and everyone type. Sometimes we'll sit at a restaurant just making fun of everyone that walks by. Not to their face though, behind their backs cause we're cowards.
Q: In school, were you the class clown or the quiet nerd?
A: I was a little bit of both. When I was younger I was a very quiet kid, then when I got older I sort of became the quiet class clown. I'm actually a very quiet, shy person, but when I get on that stage I become someone else. I guess I'm like the Incredible Hulk of comedy, except that my clothes don't get torn apart and I don't wear purple pants.
Q: Is it better to be feared or loved on your way up the comedy ladder?
A: If you're on your way up you're...
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Q: What's the first joke you ever wrote?
A: I don't remember, but I do remember the first joke I ever read. I was in grade school and it was in one of those 101 joke books that I bought at the school book fair. "What do you call a nightmare where you're being attacked by a dog? A bitemare." I want to find that book and burn it.
Q: What is the source of your sense of humor?
A: It's definitely hereditary. My parents are both very funny people. My dad is more of the prankster type. He loves tricking people with whoopie cushions, the fake peanut can, those type of things. And what's great for him is that there's new people coming from Cuba every other week who don't know about those tricks yet, so he gets them every time. My mom is more the no holds barred/make fun of everything and everyone type. Sometimes we'll sit at a restaurant just making fun of everyone that walks by. Not to their face though, behind their backs cause we're cowards.
Q: In school, were you the class clown or the quiet nerd?
A: I was a little bit of both. When I was younger I was a very quiet kid, then when I got older I sort of became the quiet class clown. I'm actually a very quiet, shy person, but when I get on that stage I become someone else. I guess I'm like the Incredible Hulk of comedy, except that my clothes don't get torn apart and I don't wear purple pants.
Q: Is it better to be feared or loved on your way up the comedy ladder?
A: If you're on your way up you're gonna be loved by some, but feared by most. I tend not to care what other people think though, I usually wipe my @ss with it. If you're gonna sit there and worry about what others think of you, you might as well not be in this business.
Q: Your stardom: a karmic inevitability or old fashioned luck?
A: Definitely a karmic inevitability. The times I've stepped on stage it's been in front of the right people at the right time who have help me move further along in my career. It's definitely meant to be. And I'll be honest, when I first read this question I had trouble pronouncing inevitability. One hell of a one word tongue twister you are inevitability.
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Q: What's the first joke you ever wrote?
