If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am "somewhat fun."

I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.

Comedy is tragedy plus timing.

My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job.

I've always tried to have a rule that you shouldn't make fun of innocent people who can't defend themselves. I find that a little unseemly and distasteful. But nothing's really sacred to me.

We don't feel constrained by what we did in the past.

I learn things in a backward way. I learn all those limitations, and slowly my brain soaks them up, and if things go right, you just, in an organic way, translate your ideas into those templates. That's the way I perceive the process happening.