“I had a car accident when I was twenty-seven in which I was nearly killed. I had a vivid near-death experience that involved a voice asking, ‘Do you want to continue leading Garry Shandling's life?’ Without thinking, I said, ‘Yes.’ Since then, I've been stuck living in the physical world while knowing, without a doubt, that there's something much more meaningful within it all. That realization is what drives my life and work.”