IamDaneCook

I think sometimes, when a person gains a lot of success at a very young age, they become targets, and it's really easy to follow the crowds and not make independent decisions based on truly how you feel. If you're really a fan of standup comedy, I'm not really sure that question applies to me. If you are truly interested in understanding stand ups, you should go back and watch some of the great standup comedians from the 70's and 80's, and realize how many of them have crossover material and that we all talk about the same type of things. I think at the end of the day, Louis and I had a personal matter that became public domain, and I'm okay with that, because it really solidified to me that I was a true standup comedian, because I was finally being discussed with the names of some of the people I admired most. So you take the good with the bad.

Thanks for your question.

I had a tough time back in school. I don't really miss school at all, until I got into high school and found drama. But prior to that, it was excruciating for me to go to school. I had so many social anxieties - I Had a tree called the "Throw up Tree" and stopped at it most days, where i either got sick or had to fight back the urge to get sick, because i was so intimidated by other people. I was afraid of bullies, I was afraid I wouldn't know the answers if the teacher asked me a question. I think that comedy imagination can also get us in trouble, because we can ruminate and get ourselves worked up unnecessarily. But once I found drama and started working on performances, it built my confidence and gave me the opportunity to find my voice and true friendship with some of my peers.

HAHA!

That bit came from being on the road, all alone in the middle of - where was I? I believe I was in Virginia? - and there was a container of mixed nuts. I tried almonds, I think I tried a brazil nut, but the cashew was the right fit for the catapult. And... yes. You can challenge me to a duel. No pictures, no video.

That's one of my favorite movies because I had worked in so many restaurants, and had experienced all of those things, that to be performing with Justin Long, Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds, and all of us putting our early waiting service and working in a kitchen stills in that comedy was a blast. We laughed SO much on that movie. There was a lot of improvisation, and we were constantly challenging each other to come up with the funnier way to make somebody react, or gross somebody out, all good memories from that movie.

I think most people...say...whenever I'm in a supermarket, people say "Get the jelly, Twat" which I wouldn't think would be the most quoted thing, but I hear them yell it from the next aisle because they saw me in the store.