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I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

When I got on Stern I realized that this was the one job where you could be really honest and open, almost like Richard Pryor or something. You can be honest about your life and get laughs.

Remember, folks, I am a comedian, not a journalist.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as a comedian is to get your viewpoints out into the world, and we have a lot more avenues to do that. So it's a lot more opportunity, but really have to work all the time.

I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.