I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It was all about blind focus. I was so sure that I was doing exactly what I'd been put on this earth to do, and I would have done anything to make it onto that stage.

I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!

I don't enjoy any kind of danger or volatility. I don't have that kind of 'I love the bad guys' thing. No, no thank you. I like nice people.

When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.

Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.

(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.