A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material.

A whole generation of people that didn't know me from 'SNL' recognize me from 'Weeds' now. People recognize me once in a while and appreciate the work. It gets a little embarrassing but it's good. If you work as an accountant, you don't have people coming up to you in the streets saying, 'Hey, great job on tax statements!'

I enjoyed living in New York City, I liked the premise of the show [Saturday Night Live], I liked working with a different host every week and different musicians. I always thought, "This is great. I never expected to get this in the first place, so I'm just happy being here."

The hardest thing about moving to California from Connecticut was just missing my family. If I went back, it would be just because I was homesick.

As an actor, you're always reading scripts looking for something good.

I think I sent out some résumés for marketing jobs, and they all came back in the mail because I didn't have enough postage.

I became a vegetarian after I became aware of factory farming and slaughterhouses and the torture and inhumane handling of all these animals.