I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.

I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.

I used to tour a little bit with Jim Carrey and help him out on his first Showtime special.

I was very combative as a creative person at that time [while The Ben Stiller Show]. I didn't understand how to play politics with the studios. I didn't know how to creatively collaborate with the people who were paying the bills, and that came up all the time on every project I was doing, and it took me a really long time to figure out how to collaborate in a healthy way.

If you're an athlete, you might work your entire life, and you win the Super Bowl once, if you're lucky. And I feel like in the arts and entertainment we win the Super Bowl all the time.

I still feel like a nerd.

I think it's fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being on every week and being spread out over months.