It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder… why didn't I get this sooner?

I was raised that you don't use something nice until there's someplace to go.

I don't consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.

Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

There's no one way to dance. And that's kind of my philosophy about everything.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's hard to understand failure when you're going through it, but in the grand scheme of things it's good to fall down - not because you're drunk and not near stairs.

I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.