I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.

The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.

Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.

I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.

When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.