I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

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

Please, O ye Lord, keep Jim Bakker behind bars.

The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles' heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.

I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.

When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to kind of navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.