Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.

I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.

We tell our kids that policemen are good and God protects us and our country is noble, and at a certain point - and for some it comes quite early, five or six years old - we start to realize that it's all a facade.

When someone's an actor and you're an actor, you meet them and you feel like you know them. We're in the same business, and we all speak the same comedy language.

I loved writing and performing, but the idea of doing it for a living seemed so remote. But I eventually let it devolve to the point where it was the only thing I could do.