I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That's why I call it irony.

As they say in Corsica... Goodbye!

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.

Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.

But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.