To perform live, to get that thrill of the audience reaction is great. There is no equivalent of watching someone stand up and clap on the Internet.

Making Internet content is very isolating.

I have to follow my instincts when I get an idea like 'Desperate Cheeto.'

Any comedic-type person will tell you there's no greater high in the world than someone to laugh at a joke or tell you, 'I haven't laughed so hard' or 'You made my day' with comedy.

If you think about it, it's the worst stage name that anybody can possibly think of, because it sounds ridiculous, but it's my real name.

I like the idea of sort of being able to stick a pin in something and deflate it with humor and just get a laugh, otherwise we'll cry.

I'm a very casual person.

I don't like gyms, but I try to get my heart rate up once a day. I don't do long workouts because it's boring.

I don't sleep too late.

I don't use an alarm, though sometimes Alexa wakes me, especially if I have to get up at a certain time.

I was really a very antisocial child.

I really spent most of my childhood in my bedroom watching Barbra Streisand movies and musicals and making videos. That was kind of where it all started for me. I would go to the beach occasionally.

I came out when I was like 17.

It wasn't until I moved to New York that I started actually leaving the house and doing things. You know, I was a typical theater nerd.

Hopefully I work well with others.

You have to be careful with parodies. I don't like when they're too obvious, 'cause it can be a little cheap.

It's surprising how much hate mail I don't get.

Music and comedy, musical comedy, specifically, really helped me through my childhood. I felt out of place, I felt lots of adversity, and I felt scared all the time.

I don't work with anyone. I have no editors. I have no directors. There's no one even holding the camera or anything. It's just me in my apartment.

I'm a big show queen to begin with. I think in show tunes.

I'm a tech-savvy person by nature, but I have had to train myself to do what I've got to do. I learned Final Cut and Adobe After Effects.

I'm such a huge fan of all this material that I'm spoofing.

TV, that's the ultimate goal. I hope to bring what I am doing now to a weekly television format.

I need Netflix to sort of wisen up and give me a staff and a budget, that would be fun.

Whatever is going on in the news and whoever is in the spotlight is up for grabs and fodder for satire.

My mother, she wanted the gayest child... and she got it.

I feel a responsibility to my fan base. But it's great. I'm most fulfilled and happy when I'm being creative.

I would love to be on a sitcom or on Broadway.

I love to be silly as often as possible. I try to maintain a level of that in all that I do.

I have parents coming to the live show saying that they watch my videos with their kids. I have teachers saying they have used the videos with their students.

People, I think, are more interested in being offended than getting to the heart of a situation. And to go after comedians to me is so counterproductive, because comedy is kind of a medicine.

The best comedy is truthful. So if you say something in a way that is amusing, but is rooted in truth, you can get away with it.

I got a fan letter from Hillary Clinton, which was insane.

I heard from Stephen Sondheim, who has become a great supporter of mine. There was no one bigger when I was growing up.

My father was always in bands. He played drums and could sing. And my grandfather was a band leader.

I think kind of what you see in the videos is true to me, if not maybe a slightly heightened version of my real self.

I have not made any efforts to stay away from commercial films.

I feel comfortable doing parts that I feel are great and that I can pull off.

If there's comfort factor, all the other differences can be bridged! But, it's difficult to work with those whom you can't stand personally!

Nobody has a copyright on 'Emotional Atyachar,' other than Anurag Kashyap maybe!

I don't dig the candy floss and rosy kind of film subjects. Give me anything dark and grey!

The way a Dibakar Banerjee conceptualizes a film is different from a David Dhawan! I've worked with both, since as an actor I am just a tool in the director's hands.

I think I'm known mostly for comedy because most of the work I've done is comedy and that is in turn because most of the work that is offered to me is comedy, so I end up doing more comic roles and therefore being known for them.

To be very honest, I don't think I have a fan following.

Music is a big passion for me, and whenever we all friends get together we play guitar, sing songs and play games.

I don't want people to expect too much out of me. I can only give them as much as I can.

The audience is sacrosanct for me. They put faith in me, trust me and I will try my best to live up to that.

I don't plan my life or analyse things. Nothing can be predicted about the future, no one can put a finger on what's going to be the next big thing. Why bother?

Though every film teaches me at least three new things, I don't subscribe to doing homework about a character's backstory unless it's a historical role or one that requires training in accent.

I believe in observing and absorbing life.