I'm not the biggest fan of comedies where nothing is real.

You do not have to be fearless, just don't let fear stop you.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don’t think I was a very good actor when I did that.

I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.”

Hot soup at table is very vulgar; it either leads to an unseemly mode of taking it, or keeps people waiting too long whilst it cools. Soup should be brought to table only moderately warm.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.