I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

You can't love somebody into a state of mental health. A lot of people get into serious relationships thinking they're going to heal someone with their love and attention, but it doesn't usually work out that way.

I'm a writer-director-actor, which I've always kind of enjoyed. I compared it to the Olympic biathlon. "Not only can he cross-country ski, but he's a terrific marksman as well." I want people to say, "You mean that writer performed a tracheotomy?" That's right, I do everything.

I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

Analyze This is a good movie because Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are really good. But without the material to put on the play, of course, they couldn't be good. For me, it starts with the writing.