"Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings."

"People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant."

"If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that."

"No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are."

"Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs."

"I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else."

"We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost."

"There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win."