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?

I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.

I didn't want to be big Mr. Ego walking around.

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.

Subversion is what I do.

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

There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write Python and five or six who act it. That's what makes it unique.