Dane Cook

When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.

My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.

I've lived in LA for so long, I don't even know what is real and what isn't any more.

Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes.

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.