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There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.

Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.

I think there's a responsibility more as an artist to try and push in the direction you think comedy should go... The biggest thing I could do for the art that I love was keeping it art: keeping it special, keeping it honest, keeping it truthful.

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

There is a universality to comedy.

Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.

Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.