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Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.

If you're billed as a comedian, people will accept anything you say as light-hearted and not with intent behind it.

If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.

Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, its not going to be funny.

All you have in comedy, in general, is just going with your instincts. You can only hope that other people think that what you think is funny is funny. I don't have an answer but I just try to plough straight ahead.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

Whatever makes you laugh is fine, and all we can do as comedy professionals is try to steer you towards something that we think is a little better - but not put you down or just perplex you in the process.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.