There is a lot of acting that is on the table - precisely, good acting. The best movies of mine are the ones that really nobody saw. The Groomsmen, Playing By Heart and Seeing Other People are by far the work I'm the most proud of.

George Carlin put it best. He said, "My old act was so easy to do because there was so little of me in it."

There's not a rocket scientist, not a doctor, not an accountant that 30 years in goes, "Oh, now I'm getting it. Now I can't wait to get back out there because I'm better than ever."

This is NOT a pretty good business. You cannot be pretty good and be a national headliner. That becomes the allure.

I'm sure that having acted like an asshole for a great deal of my life, then having played assholes for a good part of my life, created a perception that I'm an asshole.

I've always been very open about it. I've been very open about my addiction, about my panic disorder. But I think that transparency is what can separate you from others because I think that is where comedy is going.

Joan Rivers is 80 and she's fantastic. She lives in mortal fear of not filling that 1,500-seat room.