To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

I came to America so that I could work with the best and be the best.

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.

I'm fascinated in the children within adults.

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

I've been insane for a long time. An ex-girlfriend of mine once asked, "Is it true that all comedians are depressed?," and I said, "Every one I know is."