'Damadamm!' is a sweet comedy, and there is always room for watching a feel-good entertainer on Diwali.

When I was in college, I would go out, and I would go to these open mic nights at Stitches and Nick's Comedy Stop, so I was going to classes during the day, and then at night, I would be signing up on the lists.

The big challenge for me is that my nature is more towards comedy, so I understand when a comedy thing is working; I know when I'm not bored in a comedy.

The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.

Groupon, as you probably are by now aware, is exactly what it sounds like: a daily-deal site offering group discounts. Maybe you've seen that done before, but certainly not like Groupon, which has executed with an energetic sales force and engaging copywriters, many culled from the Chicago comedy scene.

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

All of comedy at some level is trial-and-error, whether it's a stand-up trying out jokes or a comedy show trying stories.

What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny.

I would like to look funny on screen, doing comedy.

I wanted to do a comedy. I'd been actively looking for a comedy. I wanted to do one that was different. Nothing against them, but I wasn't interested in just your normal sitcom, boy meets girl.

As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.

I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.

To do comedy, there are so many hurdles one has to cross.

I've never gone to comedy clubs.

I'm so excited about 'Identity Thief'. It's such a good comedy, and I'm excited for people to go out and see it!

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

Doing a comedy is a bit different for girls.

You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.'

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.