I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.

I want to do a show about a woman who's juggling a career with a relationship.

I love zoo sanctuaries.

I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.

When I turned 50, something clicked in my head and I said, 'I'm not going to live to 100. I'm half-cooked already.' I set the family down and I said, 'Listen everybody, we're now entering the decade of Daddy. We're going to start doing things that I want to do.'

Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!'

I have always loved food. I began cooking for my family as a young girl, and to this day, it's one of my greatest pleasures in life.

When I started comedy, I was a big Eddie Murphy fan. I thought if you did stand-up, you were supposed to know how to act, write, and host. I thought it was all one thing. That's why it doesn't feel like I'm transitioning to acting: because in my stand-up, I do characters all the time.