I'm a quarterback. I don't need to score the touchdown. I just need to spot the pass.

Maybe it's because I come from a very utopian world of being a comedian, but I'm used to many live comedy performances going on in any city I'm in, and each of us is trying to be the best at what we do. I don't think of it as a competition so much as a thriving comedy economy.

I don't think I have thick skin, but I heal fast. It's easy to break through, but I heal fast.

I live in a country where I'd say nine out of ten people know me when I walk through the streets. There's people taking pictures, there's tabloids trying to make up stories. I'm used to that. The same thing when I'm in Australia or the U.K.: I get stopped.

If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.