The hardest work most of us do is maintaining the appearance of normality.

I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get to the deeply flawed humanity of the guy.

Even under the best of circumstances men are hard creatures to trap. Women who flatter themselves into thinking they've trapped one are like people who believe they can get rid of the cockroaches in their kitchen. They're in for a big surprise late one night when they turn on the light.

Music can happen with equal ease as a solo or collaborative venture, it seems to me.

I'd always loved radio. I loved Bob And Ray. I loved Stan Freberg.

[The word class has] been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class warfare' - a charge that means it's okay for rich people to vote their economic interests but it's not all right to encourage poor people to do so.

If you're going to do something that lasts 90 minutes, you can't really do it with stick figures.