It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.

I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I don't really tell a joke, I react to situations. The whole thing is just looking at somebody and showing all our weaknesses and exaggerating them, and that's how it becomes funny.

Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

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.