The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

They would wake me up when I was sleeping, and say sing a song for our friends. I had a sweet voice, I had a nice little tenor voice. God knows what I sang, but my whole family would admire me.

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing.

Im the kind of guy, when the marriage is breaking up, who doesnt want to yell in front of the kids. So I left, but it was very hard.

I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore.

I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I realized that language was very funny.