I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.

Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn't even doing the singing. I'm a bit cynical about this [music] business.

If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.

I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.

When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.