What we're trying to do is take these words and soften them. I'm an African-American comic. I use the b-word in my act.

As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road.

Men don't know how to act like men sometimes. Take the trash out. Open up the door. Rub my feet. I mean, it's a two-way street!

Even when I was an engineer, I was a comic on my job. At birthday and holiday parties, I was the one scheduling and emceeing. If you work on your gift, and you're good, it will shine through.

What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts.

One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic.