Dane Cook

I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.

I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man.

When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.

My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.

I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.

When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top.

We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.