"The more outrageous I am, the more people open up."

"I'm always surprised by the things people will say when they think they're talking to a character."

"I'm not interested in making people laugh for the sake of laughing. I want to make them think."

"I mean, how can you have a country that is the world's leading exporter of democracy and then say that we can't have a free press?"

"I think there's a lot of humor to be found in people's discomfort."