It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy.
“They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.”
“And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.”