A lot of my family on both sides have worked in education and nursing, and my grandmother was a nurse; my sister is a nurse, and her - my other sister's daughter is going into nursing. There's a lot of that in the family.
Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas.
I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
I'm too tired most of the time. Why do I have to take a stand on everything? Sometimes, I'm just not mad at it.
I just believe what I believe.
My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.
I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
'The Daily Show,' at its core, is the answer to the nightly news.
I always compartmentalized so many different things.
I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense.
I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy.
It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.
The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
It was the Cosby issue that made me realize how much I really cared about women's issues and how much I realize it's important for me to be an advocate for issues that aren't necessarily my own, to be an ally for issues.
I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave.
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
I'd rather go after the people who are the guardians or what we're doing - the news people and the politicians and that sort of thing. I always feel like those should be my targets, not really entertainers. That's just my personal opinion.
