I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

Be relentless and then you'll break through.

I hate being mean. I watch those roasts on Comedy Central and they make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make my friends laugh.

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

Your work is a separate thing from you. You are this person who has your friends and your life, and you have to see the separation. If you see the separation between your work and yourself it's so much easier.

I love Kathy Griffin, I think she's brilliant, but for me, there is a line when I go OK, that's too much.