I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and say he's going to do Hamlet for you, and why don't you enjoy it? That's a hell of an analogy, but it's about the same thing.

My father and mother. I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.