Knowing About Comedy Has Helped Me With

I Always Find It Easier To Portray Myself As Being Unlikeable And Idiotic; To Actually Play A Character That Is Likeable And Engages The Audience Is Far More Difficult. It's A More Subtle Kind Of Challenge.

If You Are A Great Dramatic Actor Then You Often Don't Know If People Are Enjoying Your Stuff At All Because They Are Sitting There In Silence. But With Comedy It's A Simple Premise. If It's Funny, People Laugh. If It's Not, They Don't.

I've Met People Who've Dismissed Me, And Then They Find Out That They Like My Work, And Suddenly Their Attitude Changes Toward Me. And I Think That's Very Funny And Very Human. But It's Also Very Unattractive.

People Regurgitate The Same Old Cliches And It Becomes Like A Photocopy Of A Photocopy Of Something That's Vaguely Interesting.

If The Person Who Can Effectively Sanction Ill-conceived Wars Can Play The Electric Guitar, Which Is A Symbol Of Rebellion, Then That Whole Worldview Becomes Confused.