It's great fun to memorize somebody's biography, and then liberally play with the real facts of their life and go a step beyond reality.

If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor.

If anything, in the podcast world, I'm relieved that I don't have to dress like the character. I don't necessarily have to do all of the physicality that conveys the character, but do as much as I need to help me feel like the character.

There wasn't a persona or an attitude that I could reliably write good stuff from.There wasn't a persona or an attitude that I could reliably write good stuff from.

When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with as much as the things you agree with.

I am, like anybody else, full of contradictions and personality traits, and I don't know which ones to speak from as a stand-up or what aspects of myself to ask an audience to identify with.