I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

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.

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 really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

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