Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

I am a man who used to wear the tights. We traveled the country doing two Shakespeare plays for bored college students for about a year. I think I'd probably still be doing it now if I hadn't just randomly decided to go to a sketch group audition. That led to doing improv, which led to the Daily Show. But it was fun while it lasted.

I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.