Matt Rife On His Career Success & Fears
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00:00Yes and no, it's better than I ever thought it could be.
00:06To me, growing up and really just performing
00:09at comedy clubs, especially like when you're growing up
00:12like opening for people, the dream I only ever had
00:15was like, okay, if I could just sell out weekends
00:19at comedy clubs for like, you know, like 300 seat venues,
00:22like that would be like, I've made it.
00:24Like that's dream come true.
00:26The level of being like a Dave Chappelle,
00:29Kevin Hart, Cat Williams, like these are arena acts
00:32that, you know, the top tier of entertainers
00:35in our art form never really even occurred to me.
00:39I was like, I mean, that'd be amazing,
00:41but you know, for somebody like me,
00:44just, you know, if I'm from Ohio,
00:47it doesn't really seem fitting.
00:50Sometimes I have to reflect and remind myself that,
00:52you know, so most people in our workplace
00:56weren't handed anything.
00:58And they also started out very blue collar, regular.
01:00A lot of them started very young as well.
01:03So, I mean, I guess I'm just following course,
01:06but I don't know, it's just so much more
01:10than I ever really dreamed of.
01:11And I'm very grateful for that.
01:13But then also it comes with more stress as well.
01:15I, for 11 straight years, woke up pretty much
01:19every single day with nothing to do
01:21unless I created something to do.
01:23Now it's like I wake up and I go, wow,
01:26I don't know if I'll ever have a free day
01:28for the rest of my life,
01:30which is also a blessing and a curse.
01:33It's like you, I don't ever wanna be bored ever again.
01:36That used to drive me absolutely insane.
01:38There's nothing worse than your phone not ringing.
01:41But every now and then I'm like, okay,
01:43am I ever gonna get a chance to enjoy the house
01:46I just bought?
01:47Yeah.
01:48Someday, yes.
01:49But then it's like, then's gonna come marriage
01:50and then it's gonna come kids.
01:52Life comes at you super fast.
01:55And it's almost like I hit one of those
01:57little Mario Kart speed ramps that just shoots you
01:59four times faster than everybody else.
02:02And eventually it'll slow down to a more regular pace,
02:05I think, or whatever my new regular is.
02:08It's just, it's overwhelming in the best ways.