No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life? ... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire?

Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for LGBT, for women, for Asian people. So my goal in comedy has sort of been to make this a safe space for people who were like me.

I'm not a body shamer. The word fat has been used to hurt me my entire life.

I'm lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.

I think reality television is such a special talent.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.