I always find it kind of embarrassing kind of funny and kind of exciting. In New York I'm recognized a lot although nobody says anything. You know they stare at you just a second too long. But in Paris it's not as commonplace to be recognized.

People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood who were funny without swearing were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.

As a writer or as a filmmaker you have to present yourself and part of what yourself is is what you're interested in or what you think is funny or what you think is sad or what you think is horrible.

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.

It's funny when you're a kid how you can acclimate to almost anything.

If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

It's funny as you live through something you're not aware of it.

Being funny it turns out is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you you are fine.