In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.
John MulaneyIt's important to remember that life is a joke and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.
John MulaneyIf something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.
John Mulaney