I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.

The thing is when you're... well-enough known, you get asked to speak places, and they don't really think about whether or not you're qualified. They just want somebody that will be a drawing card for the audience. So it's up to you to decide whether or not it's foolish to get up and speak to these people.

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.

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