Hannibal Buress Tells Howard Stern He Was Homeless in NYC

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Before comedian Hannibal Buress hit it big as a stand-up comedian and actor in New York City, he was living on it's on streets.

"I was homeless by just stubbornness," he said.

"I didn't want to go back to Chicago and feel like a failure." A Chicago native, Buress moved to New York City to pursue a career in comedy.

He stayed with his sister for a few weeks, but she couldn't host him for too long after she had a baby.

Buress slept in the park, in hostels, and on the subway.

"It wasn't really scary, it would just be weird to go to sleep when the train is empty and you wake up when it's full of people going to work."

Stern asked where his favorite place to sleep was. "Hopefully some random girls bed," Buress said.

"I always felt confident I would make some sort of good living in comedy," he said.

And he's doing quite well for himself. He is currently touring a stand-up comedy show, "Comedy Comisado Tour", the first of the bunch on October 23 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

He's also on a television show called "The Eric Andre Show", a comedy series premiering on Adult Swim.