Steven

We're going to deliver the guests that you want me to speak to and we're going to continue to keep doing all of the things you love about this show. Thank you. Thank you so much. Back to the episode. What do I need to know about you to understand the man that you are? And when I ask that question, I'm specifically trying to understand your earliest context.

Because you're, in many respects, an anomaly. But you're an anomaly that was very, very clear on where you wanted to go in your life from a shockingly young age. So I'm wondering what gave you such clarity and what the context was that made you the unique way that you are.

Because you're, in many respects, an anomaly. But you're an anomaly that was very, very clear on where you wanted to go in your life from a shockingly young age. So I'm wondering what gave you such clarity and what the context was that made you the unique way that you are.

Do you have like an earliest memory of that behavior?

Do you have like an earliest memory of that behavior?

Really?

Really?

What was he like as a man?

What was he like as a man?

Gloria, your mother.

Gloria, your mother.

Yeah, completely. You talked to her almost daily as an adult?

Yeah, completely. You talked to her almost daily as an adult?

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.