Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

I didn't feel so different until maybe, like, around third grade. Kids started blaming me for my people killing Jesus.

That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home.

I was raped by a doctor. Which is, you know, so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.

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

Why would I become involved with something that doesn't include everyone? If you're getting married today, it's the equivalent of joining a country club that doesn't allow blacks or Jews.

Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most oppressed, black people and Jews. Not that they're the only funny people, but culturally, it comes from the pain, you know?