I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.

For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I don't know what the hell I'm doing up there half the time. These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what technique means. But I do know what experience is. I know in my gut when I've done a scene right.

It's very disconcerting to start out and to say, "I'm going to tell the truth," and then to realize it's that much trouble.

I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it.

There's something exciting about being afraid.