I had a calling, this is what happened, I've explained the story many times. I've had my priest on, I've had atheists on. When I explain my conversion to atheists, my personal series of events, they go, "Oh, alright." Jay Mohr More Quotes by Jay Mohr More Quotes From Jay Mohr When I'm home I'm in much more of a routine like I said, which I like. On the road everything gets flip-flopped. Jay Mohr flip routine home I don't know if you've ever been to England, but as soon as they find out you're from America, they hate you. They just think they're more sophisticated than we are. They're so pissed at us. You know what it is? They're mad because they lost the Revolutionary War, and they should be because there was only like nine of us. Jay Mohr hate war thinking What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there because I really love it, and it makes people happier. Jay Mohr comedian trying people I was the youngest kid on my street, the youngest comic in the clubs. I always felt like I was playing catch-up. I was very angry. Jay Mohr comic clubs kids When you're on the road, it gets a bit crazy. I've been on the road for about two weeks, and squeezed about 11 shows into 14 days. It's funny, traveling cross country isn't what kills ya - it's driving the two hours to the one-nighters and back. That's what gets exhausting, it gets to the point where seeing your kids is the relief. Jay Mohr crazy country kids Marc Maron's podcast success has nothing to do with my podcast success. If I do a quarter of a million downloads, I can show that to an advertiser as a fact, and that's that. Jay Mohr quarters shows facts I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up. Jay Mohr shut-up guy If anyone thinks my show was 'pretty good,' then I've completely failed. Jay Mohr ifs shows thinking I don't have the ability to do a nine-to-five nor do I have the desire to. Stand-up is the only thing that's come completely naturally to me. Jay Mohr ability nine desire I don't know how you do it [working at office]; I would just get up and walk out. That's what I did for pretty much every job I've ever had. Jay Mohr get-up office jobs When I watch like The Office I'm fascinated because most of America works in an environment where they see the same eight people every day. Jay Mohr eight america people I don't have a nine-to-five brain. Jay Mohr five nine brain I'm a comic because I don't want to do the nine-to-five, I have to modify that and say I'm a comic because I have an inability to do a nine-to-five. Jay Mohr inability nine want The anxiety is, "Are they going to come?" and when you get there and it's full you say, "I'm good. I can stop freaking out." But when it's four days out and they're scrambling to find more radio shows and Good Morning Phoenix and all these weird shows, then that gets very tiring. Jay Mohr phoenix anxiety morning I know content-wise I leave nothing to chance. I have no anxiety about what I'm going to do once I'm out on stage. Jay Mohr anxiety chance wise This is NOT a pretty good business. You cannot be pretty good and be a national headliner. That becomes the allure. Jay Mohr good-business allure Most importantly, how impressive can I be to people that bought tickets, where they never feel, "It was pretty good." If anyone thinks my show was "pretty good," then I've completely failed. I think every comic should think that. Jay Mohr tickets people thinking I realized early I can manipulate the ceiling in the middle class. The allure becomes how far I can make the ceiling rise. Jay Mohr middle ceilings class There seems to be a weird ceiling to being a stand-up as far as acting. Jay Mohr ceilings acting seems I've asked Comedy Central, and they just say, "I don't know." It took Showtime two years to put my special on DVD. Owning your own content is the single most important thing in the world. Jay Mohr dvds two years
