Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.

Why is being outed such a big deal? When I find out that someone's gay, my respect for them increases tenfold.

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.

This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things.

My theory is that comedy comes from little people.

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer.