Rap ain't out there for everybody; everybody can't be a rapper. Everybody can't be a singer; anybody can't just be a songwriter, but it may - there's some profession out there you can be in.
There are not many people around the world who can say, 'I get paid to jump into a sandpit.'
I do laugh when I hear myself saying, 'I am a ventriloquist.' I am definitely suited to it, though. I took it and ran with it quite hungrily. It is not for everyone, but it is just the chance to write for a character.
I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
One of the crazy things about our job is that we get taught these insane skills that we could never use in real life.
I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.
When people ask me what's my field? I say, on one hand, a fractalist. Perhaps the only one, the only full-time one.
It’s a very unique job. Not many people are willing to do this or can do this.
Dean at the time was a veteran of 120 executions
Fortunately for me, I'm in this unique business of not singing, not dancing, not performing - just kind of being there.
I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.
It is what it is, and it's a crazy job - I literally touch letters and wear pretty clothes, and how do you describe that job? It's weird, but I've been doing it for a long time, and I'll be first to make fun of it - I really will - but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in world.
Prior to Box, I was a professional wiffleball player and then a professional poker player.
There are very few people who do what I do.
Part of the kick of making people laugh was doing something different. We were a rare breed - spotting one of us was like pinning a space alien, or abdominal snowman. There were maybe a hundred stand-ups in the whole country when I was doing it.