I really enjoy just being an actor. It's fun to be surprised by someone else's writing and to collaborate in creating a character and to leave all the hard decision-making to some other room full of suckers!

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 think Comedy Central and probably all channels are on their way toward being apps accessible on whatever the Roku of the future is.

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.

I have a couple of ideas for shows that I would love to bring to fruition in some way at some point.

There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics, but that feels real - like you're playing a real person who has real thoughts and feelings, and it's very grounded. I started to watch all comedy through that prism.

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.