I choose a project based on whether it feels worthwhile working on when it comes to me. But secondly I choose it if it sounds like fun. Projects are determined by just how they strike me at the moment, as they have done throughout my whole life.

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.

Or is it that I think too much?

I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines.

I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it.

I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.

Anyone who's ever worked with Meryl Streep always says the same thing: can that woman act! And what's with all the Hitler memorabilia?