I know how to write. So I am not totally at the mercy of filmmakers, but it's not a bad point.

I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.

I just think of myself as a comedian, really.

By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.

The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.

In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.