In the course of my movies, the financing and the releasing were always the tough part. Because I loved the creative, I loved the writing, I loved the making of it. Because I guess, I never had the giant blockbuster, I never got that sort of ease for the next one. So the next one was always, "how am I going to do this?" And that thing was sort of always the thing that made me a little chickenshit to go into the next one. The writing of it was great and the making of it was great, but how am I going to release this thing and am I going to find a studio?

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.

I have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.

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

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

Your spouse should be just attractive enough to turn you on. Anything more is trouble.

I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?'