I didn't really feel 100 percent comfortable until we started working on the 2004 election.

I always fancied myself more of an actor than a comedian before I realized that only assholes make that kind of distinction.

For most of my life, I was a worrier and an over-thinker. I had pretty bad social anxiety.

I'm a complete egomaniac. It makes me feel terrible to say [being interviewed] is hard. It's taxing in a way. Just 'cause it's a lot of mental energy just to keep focused. I actually think it's harder for journalists.

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

As a teenager, I was very much a people pleaser and that excludes being adventuresome at all. I was a Boy Scout though and so that's as adventuresome as I got.

I was going out for absolutely everything that was in Backstage.