I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse. But the others have it coming.

The true essence of comedy is a baby seal hunt.

Any good humor is sophomoric. 'Sophomoric' is the liberal word for funny.

I think therapy interferes with the creative process. It takes off the edge.

It may sound surprising, but a joke and a crime novel work in very much the same way. The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path. The audience know what's coming, or at least they think they do until they get hit from a direction they were not expecting.

For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money.

Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything.

I think my strongest suit is comedy. I certainly have limits in other areas.