Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.

My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings. And a favorite book as a child? Growing up, it was 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' - I would read the whole C.S. Lewis series out loud to my kids. I was once reading to Zelda, and she said 'don't do any voices. Just read it as yourself.' So I did, I just read it straight, and she said 'that's better.'

Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

Even mistakes can be wonderful.

Men may have wars, but women have their period. Men go off and kill each other, but women say nasty things, which is even better.

The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.

The first time I ate organic whole-grain bread I swear it tasted like roofing material.