I have a position of indirect respect and oblique power.

The economy is in trouble, schools are in trouble, and people have been leaving the city in droves for a long, long time.

Violence doesn't solve anything? World War I. World War II. Star Wars. Every Super Bowl. Who says violence doesn't solve anything?

I've got to say that I don't see myself as some sort of political type like Alec Baldwin or Barbra Streisand. I don't want to come across like that. I'd be embarrassed if that was the way I came across.

I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel.

Trust me, kids - your homework can wait. Don't need to be doing homework while Whose Line is on; skip it!

I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge.