Joe Rogan

On my left knee I have a long scar from an ACL operation. I've had both knees reconstructed.

So many times I've done a CD, and then the week after I record it, I've got this new tagline that's killer. And it makes the whole bit better. It happens all the time. But that's just the process of comedy.

Faith itself is a horrible mechanism that stunts the growth of ideas. It also stunts the act of questioning, and it does this by pushing the idea that you have to have faith - and that nothing has to be proven.

What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being - without a doubt.

Your body's really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.

I do cagefight commentary in my spare time.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

You're sort of programmed a certain way because of your environment. That's all you know. But we don't have that anymore because of the internet. Because of the internet we're all communicating with each other all across the board, so you're getting information from people all around the world, hitting a much more diverse slice of culture.

The comics I hate are thieves. Nothing's more disgusting than a guy who steals another person's ideas and tries to claim them as his own.

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh.

To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.

The misconception is that standup comics are always on. I don't know any really funny comics that are annoying and constantly trying to be funny all the time.

Richard Pryor is, in my mind, the most honest comedian. He bared his soul to people. I think that's why everybody loved him so much.

People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.

My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends.

I'm a huge Groucho fan. There were some great comic minds that would transfer into any generation, and Groucho is certainly one of them.

I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way.

I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with.

Have you ever talked to someone, and you're not even really talking to them? Actors are the worst for that.