David Cross on Happiness ... in Boston no less

What was the happiest point in your life?
I've thought about that before, and I'm pretty happy now. I'm happier now than I have been in a long, long time. I think that has everything to do with getting out of L.A. and moving to New York and having a great girlfriend. I think I was probably happiest in the couple years before I moved to L.A. when I was in Boston . I didn't really have any money but I was getting enough standup work where I didn't have to have a day job, those last couple years. My standup was starting to really come along and I was starting to find my voice. I was playing softball three times a week with a bunch of comics and musicians; we'd get together in the afternoon. And I'd just ride my bike around. A lot of my friends who were musicians were getting successful and that was exciting. There was a great music scene. Me and my friends were putting on shows all over town. If I wasn't doing standup, I had a sketch group. I'd perform with other people at these loft spaces in South End. It was just really, really, truly care-free. That age, whatever it was, 27-28, where I just didn't care. I lived in a pretty shitty apartment with my roommates but it just didn't matter. If there was enough money to drink and eat, that was it. I'd go out drinking and play softball during the day and dick around and put these shows together. And as I said, truly care free. I didn't have a care in the world. That was when I was happiest.

via Brian M. Palmer