Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing what way works. That's what comedy is: you have a topic and you try to just hit it as many different ways as you can.

On stage I just have to be myself. In acting you have to be so many other people.

It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.

Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing what way works. That's what comedy is: you have a topic and you try to just hit it as many different ways as you can.

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.