If you're driving down the street, you keep the neck forward. So that way you can clear out the lanes.

I think Batman Returns is right for riffs. I love it but it's the ultimate Tim Burton movie. There is so much that happens that's crazy and there are a ton of things to riff.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists. When there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world. I love a small dinner party - let's say six people, max, where everybody's having the same conversation. That's my favorite thing in the world.

Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, "What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?" And I say, "Well, they always usually ask, 'Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?' And it's good to have an answer for that."

The audience is your first collaborator with the material. If that makes sense.

I was processing a lot of different things and kind of looking over a lot of things and rethinking my childhood.

First of all I love Empire Records and That Thing You Do and all the movies he did from that era. He hates when I bring that up.