In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.

You never know who's going to kill you until you meet them.

I was hedging my bets by the time I got to college. I was interested in drama and journalism and psychology.

I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.

Once someone is in your family orbit, there's a mutual responsibility, and whatever happens to them happens to you.

Politics is topical - it's what's happening now, and we can either respond in the present or avoid it.

I think the reason the Golden Age of television is so golden is because a lot of folks are willing to let creators do their thing and live or die by their own muse. They certainly allow us to do that.