Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups. So it's even more true today, I think, than it was some 40 years ago.

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

I'm very open to the up-and-comers.

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.