Jeff Ross

Being ignored at a roast is meaner than being made fun of

That's almost meaner [to go soft]. If I ignore you at a roast, it means either you can't take it or I don't care about you.

Comedians should lean into their specific niche rather than trying to be generalists

Dave Chappelle actually gave me a pretty healthy pep talk about it probably about 10, 12 years ago where he's like, that's your lane, bro. Make it a highway. Make it a six lane highway. And he's right. No one really does that. Roasting became so fun. I felt pigeonholed for a while, but [Chappelle] was right.