I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

Wow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents.

In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.

I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

Americans just don't understand dry wit.