It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore.

I had a life experience that most of my - that none of my friends had. I remember I became everybody's rabbi. Everybody who needed advice would talk to me, and it became an obvious thing.

I want the roast to be like a party where everybody goes and has a good time.

Life has to keep going, so you can either be a victim the rest of your life and let it drag you down into drugs and alcohol and depression or you can turn it into something good, fun even, you know, and I tell young people who are going through depression that this might be the most important time of your life. This might be what makes you a great artist later on.

The good thing about a jail show is nobody gets up and walks out.

Comedians a lot of times we're on the road, we're by our self. We come home to New York to our empty one-bedroom apartment, you know, and we need a place to go where you see a bunch of other miserable people sit around and eat a corned beef sandwich.

Before you can be all deprecating it's helpful to be self-deprecating.