“I listen to a lot of standup comics.” — ContraPoints Quote

“I listen to a lot of standup comics.”

“In grad school, I led a bit of a double life. I don't mean gender-wise - I just mean intellectually.”

“I don't just want to show how somebody might be wrong;I want to know why people believe the things they believe in the first place. I want to understand the mindset that would lead somebody toward the alt-right.”

“Actors, you have to wait for people to give you work, or you have to make your own stuff. But standup, I could just say, 'I want to do standup in 30 minutes,' and I can go do standup. Or I could just say, 'I want to do standup in a few weeks in this city.'”

“To be a really great standup artist, a lot of it comes from the mind.”

“The only way it works with my standup is if it comes from a personal place.”