I would hate to meet myself at 15.
You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.
A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
It kind of reminds you that that dips-t terrorist is vastly outnumbered.
The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.
I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.
People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.
I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.
I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.
You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.
It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.
Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.
I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead.
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.
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.
Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.
I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.
People are friendlier in New York than London.
I feel non-stop Brit shame!
I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
