I'm weird; I have a very strange emotional memory. I really somehow hold on to even passing moments with people.

I remember seeing Richard Pryor's first movie; it was a midnight movie when I was in high school. I must have been about fifteen. It was one of the most cathartic experiences of my life. I'd never laughed that much.

I was married once before, and I stopped.

You know when you make popcorn there are always those fluffy white kernels that are fun and good to eat but there are also always those burnt, black kernels that don’t pop. You know why they don’t pop? Because they have integrity.

It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - there's very few people I haven't run into.

Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.