At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.