I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much.

You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child