My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.

I'm a real people-pleaser.

A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him.'

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.

You know ladies and gentlemen, a long time ago , there were lots of people, but that was a long time ago

You know, Elizabeth Taylor must be in Heaven going, 'Alright, fire two honey!'

I think ABC sort of hoped I would be really like Carol Burnett. I mean literally, I think.