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I tell stories. Because I believe you can do things that joke tellers can't do, and that is, bring your audience along.

I suppose I'm going on stage and making jokes about the fact that the audience are expecting the show to be about something and that they might learn something.

What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that out and keep trying.

I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended.

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can't help it.

I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.

I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.

That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.

We write for those who get the musical jokes. But for those who don't, there is always something else going on. That's why we have such a widespread audience.

If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.