The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.

Hollywood has known this for quite a while: Cable is the place to go because they truly have a supportive network and they want to do things that cannot be seen on broadcast. That stimulates the writer-producer. Cable is king.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.