There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing.

I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.

I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.

I was looking for something within Judaism that had a spiritual nature and not just a religious nature. So my trainer at the time was the one who took me to the Kabbalah center on my 40th birthday. I was like, "Oh, this is so cool." I was just ready for it. I was ready for something different.

I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.