I’ve always read the papers but didn’t feel I knew enough in the past. But doing the research and looking at newspapers and online websites gives you a 360-degree view of the news.

I mean, the number one goal is to make people laugh, that’s definitely the first aim; but aside from that, when we discuss which topics to talk about, the second goal is to try and make a point about it."

People like to be moved, that’s why they’re here listening to you instead of sitting at home with the Shipping Forecast."

There is almost no topic that can’t benefit from being talked about in a humorous way.

They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'

I always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so I can go on the road again.

Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.

In comedy, if you don't have the right tuning with your co-actor, the humour can fall flat.