“I've taught Zumba; I've cooked; I used to make my own clothes.” — Janelle James Quote

I've taught Zumba; I've cooked; I used to make my own clothes.

Half of being a comedian is knowing how to pace a joke, how to say it, so someone else could be given the same lines, and it won't be as funny.

There're so many men walking around with confidence that's unearned. If women do the same, they're monsters. I'm confident in my abilities, confident that I'm funnier than most people. That's not even my ego, that's years in the game.

Like most comedians, I started stand-up because of hardship. My dad was ill and dying, and then I found this thing that helped me refocus... It helped me process what I was going through.

My mother and sisters cooked Italian food, and I never heard of half of the dishes you see in these Italian restaurants. I just go in and order spaghetti.

That first episode of 'Newsroom,' the way it just cooked, I thought it was really good.

I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that's what I wanted to be. I'm made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way!

I cooked a little bit in my first movie; I did a movie called 'Made.' For the little kid in the movie, I do a scene where I'm preparing a pasta puttanesca. I always loved watching that scene.

For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked.