As long as there are headlines I'll have material.

My father was a textbook narcissist. If he didn't like the narrative he'd start gaslighting you. He threatened the democracy of our family.

That's the downside of total creative control: You're isolated and after a while you can lose a little perspective. But I've taught myself not to listen to my own self-doubt.

I'm not really that political and I love the idea of a sitcom. But a lot of people want me to become the next Jon Stewart.

I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why we love theater.

I moved to New York in 2003, I was a very young 22-year-old, so I just kind of started finding my way as a human and was working odd jobs here and there.

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind up on Broadway or something. Well, that didn't happen.

The worse things are on the world stage, the more fodder there will always be for comedians. But at the end of the day, I trust in my abilities to make comedy and create art, with or without Donald Trump.

Comedy illuminates. And it unifies people, it's not as polarizing as shows with specific political agendas.

Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot.

Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.

I always considered song parody kind of cheap.

I did have a thing for mazes. When I was a kid, I remember drawing little mazes constantly and puzzles. I loved that.

I'm very - I'm not very sure of anything in my life, but there's always been something in me that has known that I'm going to get where I'm going, one way or the other.

Well, the first restaurant I worked in was Hooters.

I think that I did inherit a very expressive face from my mother and my grandmother.

I'm just a boy with a dream from Queens. Just a queen from Queens.

I'm too far to the left for some, too far to the right for others. I'm my own brand of comedy.

The perception of fat people in America is that they're fat, therefore they're dumb, they're lazy, and they must stink.

I don't go to comedy clubs unless I'm working. And when I do work, I come in, I do my time and I leave. I don't hang out.

You talk to - I had a good fortune of getting to spend a lot of time with Uncle Miltie and guys like Buddy Hackett before they passed away.

I think we can do better with our politicians. I think I'd make a good one, because I like people.

I think there's too much emphasis on making sure our corporations are OK versus making sure our people are OK.

I work hard, and I make people laugh. What's wrong with that?