Ambiguity around ambiguity is forgivable in an unpublished poet and expected of an arts student on the pull: for a professional comedian demoting himself to the role of 'thinker', with stadiums full of young people hanging on his every word, it won't really do.

Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options.

Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

The Carells are huge fans of comedy. To get in there and see how sick and twisted their mind is is fun to do.

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

I always make the joke that I go home, to one of my homes, to go and do laundry so I can go on the road again.