Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.“Ich habe es schon oft erlebt, dass Dinge, die ich lustig fand, nicht gut ankamen. Und dann passiert es wieder, dass Dinge, die ich nicht lustig finde, die Menschen zum Lachen bringt.I've experienced plenty of times when something I think is funny doesn't do very well. And there are times when something I don't think is funny makes the audience laugh so hard.Alles verändert sich. Die Menschen nehmen Komiker ernst und lachen über Politiker.Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.Satiriker klingt irgendwie uncool. Das klingt wie so ein intellektueller Comedian. Aber ist auch schade, dass Mario Barth den Begriff "Comedian" scheinbar so kaputt gemacht hat.Ich habe mich noch nie für einen Comedian gehalten.You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.Du musst dich selbst brechen. Wenn du dich zu toll findest als Comedian, lacht keiner.Als ich meinen Freunden erzählt habe, dass ich Comedian werde, haben sie über mich gelacht.When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs, there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that.Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.I'm a comedian first. I've learned how to act. I just draw on life experiences and that's how I've learned. I didn't take classes or anything. I don't need no classroom.In the end, censoring a comedian's jokes is on par with censoring "Huckleberry Finn." Now, I'm not comparing myself to Mark Twain - he had much wavier hair and a slightly thicker mustache. But when you deny an artist the chance to explore his art, you're forcing your beliefs on him.Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.Ich bin kein Comedian. Und ich bin nicht krank. Die Welt ist krank und ich bin der Arzt. Der Chirurg mit dem Skalpel, mit dem er alles Schlechte heraus schneidet.I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values.I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians.Das Tragische an Komikern ist, dass sie nichts mehr wollen, als gemocht zu werden. Wir suchen verzweifelt nach Aufmerksamkeit. Es ist wie eine Persönlichkeitsstörung, der man beruflich nachgeht.The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. 
