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

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

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

I'm a real people-pleaser.

Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.

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

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.