I've been a big fan of Michael Showalter's for a long time. I watched 'Stella' growing up.

The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child.

I've worked with a couple of female directors now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

I wasn't one of those kids who stole Richard Pryor records. I wasn't a comedy-nerd kid. I had no concept of stand-up. Actually, the only inkling of stand-up I had was I read one of Paul Reiser's books when I was, like, 12. I found it at a yard sale, and I carried it around with me for six years.

When I watch a comedy that's just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you're like, 'Eh.'

The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model.

Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I'm serious. Comedy is punishing.