I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that I've always done 'less is more.'

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.

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.

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

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

There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.