The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget.

The quest for Tommy Lee Jones' laugh begins now.

From a writing standpoint, maybe television is a little more satisfying because it's not all hinging on one thing. You can experiment, week to week, and you can be a little narrower in your scope one week, and then be a little broader the next week. But with film, everything can look the way you want it to look. You can really sculpt the final product. So from a directorial standpoint, film is more satisfying. But, they're both forms of media that I'd like to keep involvement in.

Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.

The two symbols of the Republican party: an elephant and a big fat white guy who's threatened by change.

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.

I'm big on the importance of science, particularly right now at this point in time when there's sort of a systematic rejection of science by a lot of people in America.