Being pretty was always a very big thing growing up.

As a female comic, if you talk about sex in any capacity, you will be branded a 'sex comic,' so I might as well go full force on it.

I'm learning that if you put yourself out there and make fun of yourself first, it really does work. People can't really make fun of you.

I am a woman, so I never want to hide that or be like, 'I'm one of the boys,' because I'm not. I am aware of our audience. We always aim for the right combo of not hitting people over head but still getting our message across.

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

So when you tell a joke, you want to make someone laugh, or if you tell a story about someone who had a heart attack, it may be because you want the listener to exercise. Stories are tools to create social cohesion and to get humans to strategize together.

My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor.