I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness.

I'm a compulsive everything.

I feel like we can prove in real time the old trope that comedy is tragedy plus time.

You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up.

When I'm taking the subway to my improv shows I will be writing in my notebook different actions that I see people doing on the train whether it's eating yogurt or looking at where their stop is, or tripping or holding a baby. It's not preparing scenes and ideas as much as it is stoking your brain to think observantly. Just to place observations in your head, so that they are available somewhere.

I will say what I aspire to is a consistency in making films, to direct something every couple of years.