Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything.

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.