It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.
You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.
People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.
The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.
Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.