My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay.

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.'

My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it.'

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement.

She reminds me of Roseanne before she was discovered. Darlene has that same clear point of view and a very dry, take-charge kind of attitude.