Maybe this is just me, but as time goes by, I'm more bewildered by modernity. It gets more unfathomable with every passing year.

I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof is raised yeah, it's a similar feeling, sure.

I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than no money and they give me about a week's notice. That's my film career, most of the time.

I'll work for whoever wants to hire me. Even the jewelry channel.

I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything.

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

America is this incredible mosaic of immigrants, so people really want to be anchored in some kind of culture as well as the one they are living in.