If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.

I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.

I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.

You never do a movie and not want it to work. You accept whatever it is. You have to, but nobody in their right mind would not want the movie to be getting talked about at the end of the year.

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.