A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel. He wants to do shows as a way of finding some comedic common denominator. When he proposed the idea to one of the officials at the Jenin refuge camp, the guy just stared at him and said, "This is not a joke to us. We don't think that laughing is the answer."

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

You can't love somebody into a state of mental health.

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.