I liked doing live things, and with the Circus we had a live audience.

I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.

I think comedy's often the little and the large, isn't it?

I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.

If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.