“I did a thing called 24 Hour Plays, a thing they do every year on Broadway. A bunch of playwrights and actors get together, you write a play and you act it out in 24 hours, literally. People pay and the money goes to charity. So I did one - I was horrible. I was bad. I was terrified. And I was like, "Oh, I gotta do this again." Because I know I can do it.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsI CanPlayTogetherActorsCan DoHoursPayCharityHorribleBunchTerrifiedBroadwayPlaywrightGet TogetherI Can Do It Author:Scott Raab
“When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.” KnowsMenCan DoHotYou Can Do It Author:Scott Raab
“I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show.” PeopleKnowsPersonsTwoHardShowsRunningRememberUsedBlackRocksMonthsBlack PeopleRemember WhenHboBlack Person Author:Scott Raab
“One of the best compliments I ever got was "You know what I like about you? You're smart enough to be scared. So many guys come on cocky, they don't want to go over their stuff, they don't want to do a pre-interview. You're always smart enough to be worried till the last minute."” KnowsWantEnoughLastsGuyStuffMinutesSmartScaredWorriedInterviewsComplimentCockyLast Minute Author:Scott Raab
“For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.” KnowsShowsAirGoes OnVersions Author:Scott Raab
