For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

I stay fat because it just wouldn't be fair to all the thin people if I were this good-looking, intelligent, funny, and thin. It's a public service really.

When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.

For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.

Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different.