Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone else did.

There's very little you could do to prepare to be a correspondent on The Daily Show, because it's not being a journalist, it's not being an actor. It involves elements of both of those things, but they're not required necessarily as job experience. It's helpful if you know how to improvise, but again, not a requirement.

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

We are all facing the end one day or another. I say, live a good and prosperous life, make sure your choices count, make them count.

Being an action star is all I had ever hoped to be. I ultimately knew I would be an action star.

Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.

My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don’t see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to one another. Their relationship wasn’t something to be constantly examined or picked apart.