Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.

Stand-up comedy is mine: it's my entity; it's my brand; I own it. I do it when I want to do it.

Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to being a writer to being a producer, to just being a visionary, to voiceover work.

When you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up. Once you get to the point where Hollywood sees that you create results, then the demand for you becomes higher.

The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.