R oy Wood Jr. has performed on virtually every kind of stage American comedy has to offer, from small, cutthroat clubs in the Deep South to sold-out theaters and televised specials that reach millions. At 46, he knows exactly who he is and what he wants to say, and he wants to make sure no one interferes with his freedom to say it. When he arrives to the Manhattan loft where we’re taping our interview, clad in jeans and a light-gray T-shirt and jacket (“I’m matching the rug, that wasn’t on purpose”), Wood asks if anyone on his team gave me any “no-fly zones” in terms of topics. “It hasn’t been a problem the past couple of years, but old agents and shit would come behind my back and go, ‘Don’t ask him about that,’” he says. I reassure him they didn’t.

Wood is most famous from his stint

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