I think Trump is terrible for comedy. A lot of people say he is great. He's not. You can't joke a joke.
Melissa and I both say we don't write very good jokes.
As a comedian, frankly, I don't care that much about bad jokes.
If there's an intelligence behind the joke - - it's a good joke.
I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.
Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.
It seemed fun to play a villain on stage and I wanted my jokes to be so good that I could just calmly tell them on stage.
Some comedy has turned into, 'Donald Trump's bad, isn't he?' That's a true statement. But where is your joke?
The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.
I think anything is possible if the jokes are good.
You never know when you'll have a bad idea for a worse joke.
How do you know you told a good punch line, a good joke? It's because they laugh. How do you know you've got a good scary punch line? It's because they jump out of the seat or scream. So the best reward is one you can listen to.
A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart joke.'
It's pretty easy to hear what people are physically responding to versus what's just flat as a pancake in the room when it comes to jokes.
I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost.
