Gleason was a rough guy. Like all of these comics, I have never known one who is a sweetheart all the way through.

Alex Skarsgard is a dream actor.

The Method helps actors connect in a way that is deeper and more real. So they use themselves instead of playing an idea of the character. It's more emotionally true when it comes from them.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

I get frustrated by the fact that comics go on stage with some kind of agenda beyond comedy - I'm not sure it should be about that.

I sometimes joke - but the joke is not so wrong - that after my time in East Germany, I could either afford therapy to work through what happened under the Communists or move to New York.

I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.