I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.
I'm sick of environmentalism.
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.
I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career.
I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.
I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin.
I just want to do good work.
I like going to France, because no one knows who I am.
Every character I do is based on someone I know.
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.
I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.
I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years.
I'm fascinated by Bollywood.
I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.
I think serial monogamy says it all.
I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.
I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.
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 never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do
The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.
I'm not a crazy, party-going sort of person.
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