It's like when my mom said she loved Jon Stewart and when my wife said, 'Jon Stewart is a friend of Adam's,' and then she didn't like Jon Stewart anymore.

FOX411: You had a succession jobs you hated. Did you ever think you'd get out?

AC: No, not really. I thought I was just destined for mediocrity. Once you get indoctrinated into that world... that's the main problem with the world of poverty, once you get sucked into that world there's no other world for you. My family never believed there was any other way but that way. It's more of a mindset than anything else.

FOX411: What was your worst job?

AC: Physically the ugliest dirtiest crappiest job was probably doing earthquake rehab work but it actually paid the best because I was working for the city.