Music Often Happens Even Faster Than Comedy

The Theater Business Is Very Much About "hey, If You Want Our Big Blockbuster At Christmas Time, You'll Play Our Piece Of Crap In April."

Satire Is An Art Best Practiced Behind The Back Of The Intended Target. I Think Inviting Politicians On A Satirical Show Becomes A Very Big Trap. Because One Of Two Things Happen: Either You Have To Kind Of Unsharpen Your Fangs Because You Can't Be Quite As Cruel To People To Their Face As You Are Behind Their Backs... Or You Don't Defang, And Those Guests Get The Word And They Stop Coming.

I Have A Very Strong Visual Memory Of The First Time I Made Him Laugh. That Was Remarkable. I Was Like, "oh, God, I Just Made Jack Benny Laugh."

The Act Of Getting Married, Stripped Of The Necessity To Have A Secure Setting To Raise Children, Seems To Me No Less Grim Than Registering Your Emotions With The Government.

You're Not Just Looking For Laughs, But You're Trying To Do The Characters First, And Then The Laughs Come Afterwards.