“By the way, is there any more satisfying feeling than letting an elevator door close on somebody? I did it…[audience cheering] I did it at the hotel earlier. [laughs] I got such a warm rush through my body. It felt like the inside of my body hugged the outside of my body, you know? [audience laughs] I was trying to figure out, ‘Why does this feel so good?’ I think it’s a taste of power. Like most of us, we have no power in our everyday lives. But if you’re alone in an elevator, you are lord of the elevator shaft.”

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