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" I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead. "

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" You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job. "

" I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think. "

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" My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler. "

" It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be. "

" If you're asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which I would have voted for Mitt Romney unless I sustained a massive concussion. "

" There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. "

" I would never heckle someone. That's why I think I'm so interested in someone that would. "

" Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually. "

" There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can't hurt you anymore when you've been completely dismantled. "

" I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything. "

" Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you. "

" Americans just don't understand dry wit. "

" It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge. "

" As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant. "

" People are friendlier in New York than London. "

" People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard. "

" If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences. "

" I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things. "

" I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas. "

" Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. "

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" Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had. "

" People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor. "

" It really helps a comedian to be an outsider. "

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" The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked. "