Steven

Yeah. A lot of that. Of both your parents, who are you trying to please the most, do you think? Who are you waiting for the well done from the most?

Yeah. A lot of that. Of both your parents, who are you trying to please the most, do you think? Who are you waiting for the well done from the most?

For me, being a comedian and being comedic is so... I say this with the most amount of respect, but it's so strange because it's such a big risk and it's such a unique career to pursue with very little promise of financial return or any real notoriety. Like when I spoke to Jimmy Carr and other comedians that I've interviewed, there's something a little bit... Say it.

For me, being a comedian and being comedic is so... I say this with the most amount of respect, but it's so strange because it's such a big risk and it's such a unique career to pursue with very little promise of financial return or any real notoriety. Like when I spoke to Jimmy Carr and other comedians that I've interviewed, there's something a little bit... Say it.

Wow.

Wow.

Were you a confident young man? So if I zoom back to when you were 12 and you were the class clown in 1986, were you a confident man? What was going on in your head? I think I was pretty confident. I wasn't cocky.

Were you a confident young man? So if I zoom back to when you were 12 and you were the class clown in 1986, were you a confident man? What was going on in your head? I think I was pretty confident. I wasn't cocky.

In your eighth grade class, you were voted by your peers most likely to replace David Letterman. on The Late Night Show. And you're 13 years old at the time. Is that crazy? Because I ended up doing that. That's so crazy.

In your eighth grade class, you were voted by your peers most likely to replace David Letterman. on The Late Night Show. And you're 13 years old at the time. Is that crazy? Because I ended up doing that. That's so crazy.

But you were aiming at that. I wasn't. You were aiming at the SNL thing, no?

But you were aiming at that. I wasn't. You were aiming at the SNL thing, no?

When you look back at how at that age you were aiming, you know, as a young man to be on SNL, which is exceedingly rare. But you also went on to replace David Letterman on the late night show. When you look back in hindsight and go, so if your child came to you and said, dad, how does one aim at a goal and then accomplish it? And how did you aim at such a goal?

When you look back at how at that age you were aiming, you know, as a young man to be on SNL, which is exceedingly rare. But you also went on to replace David Letterman on the late night show. When you look back in hindsight and go, so if your child came to you and said, dad, how does one aim at a goal and then accomplish it? And how did you aim at such a goal?

And in hindsight, what were the factors that went into accomplishing that goal? Are there like principles that... you could transfer to somebody to make them accomplish such a goal. Because, you know, one of your best friends, I think it was Frank Gentile, recalls that you are, he says, I've never met anybody more focused on what their goal was in life.

And in hindsight, what were the factors that went into accomplishing that goal? Are there like principles that... you could transfer to somebody to make them accomplish such a goal. Because, you know, one of your best friends, I think it was Frank Gentile, recalls that you are, he says, I've never met anybody more focused on what their goal was in life.

I'm not a huge believer in manifestation as people often describe it, but it does feel like you pulled that into existence somehow.

I'm not a huge believer in manifestation as people often describe it, but it does feel like you pulled that into existence somehow.

What are your parents saying at this time? Because if one's kid says, I'm going to go out to LA to do comedy and improv and these kinds of things... Your dad was a career man. He was working at IBM, I believe.

What are your parents saying at this time? Because if one's kid says, I'm going to go out to LA to do comedy and improv and these kinds of things... Your dad was a career man. He was working at IBM, I believe.