I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.

The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

Cuba was fantastic, at least just in terms of... Not to romanticize or glorify it, but just seeing a place that had not really been touched by the hand of American capitalism. Because it's a genuinely different place. A lot of times when you travel, things start to feel the same from place to place to place, because the same people own everything all around the world.

I'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.

I really get a little bit confused by all this "angry angry angry" talk when all I do is tell jokes and at least some people find it funny.

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.