Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.

Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself is a good thing to do. You may be a fool but you're the fool in charge.

A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.

Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.

An attitude will give you heft.

Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.