I think Trump is terrible for comedy. A lot of people say he is great. He's not. You can't joke a joke.
As a comedian, frankly, I don't care that much about bad jokes.
Melissa and I both say we don't write very good 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.
Some comedy has turned into, 'Donald Trump's bad, isn't he?' That's a true statement. But where is your joke?
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.
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.'
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.
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.
