[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused.

What we put into every moment is all we have. You can drug yourself to death or you can smoke yourself to death or eat yourself to death, or you can do everything right and be healthy and then get hit by a car. Life is so great, such a neat thing, and yet all during it we have to face death, which can make you nuts and depressed.

I'm not really an impersonator.

Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a light bulb.