Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.

It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.

Some people say funny things - but I say things funny.

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together.

When someone says to me, do you do stand-up I say absolutely not. I like to think of it as a theatrical performance. With me the show changes maybe five to ten percent every night. Of course, whatever I see in front of me and sometimes I get on a little run about it and it changes the show. And my delivery is such that people who have seen me many times say Gee, I never heard that before. Actually, they have, but I might have changed it around.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.