Relaxation is the absence of worry.

When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.

I don't want to get close to people who have secrets that I don't know about.

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.

It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.