[My mother] is the greatest hero I'll ever know because she kept us all together, she made sure we all graduated college. She always believed in us no matter what we do. My older brother Joel became an art teacher; my brother Rip ultimately became a television producer and singer and actor himself.

I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach - Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did - he was a giant.

I had really good hearing and when you're scared it gets heightened so you hear scratching noises or something.

Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.

A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it's great.

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing or something.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.