People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on The Daily Show ... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

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.

You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.

When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.

The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.

I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.

There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.