I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies.

If you believe you're good already, you don't need to do extra stuff to impress us. Your best work comes when you're absorbed; because then your ego is away.

Most people I meet are secretly convinced that they’re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own shields, but not the energy expended by other people. They understand that their own sanity is a performance, but when confronted by other people they confuse the person with the role.

Very hard to get an audience. So if you're going to fill the theatre, you can't just rely on old stuff.

Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.

Some people in this life think they're worth something, or that they have a right to things. I never thought I had a right to anything 'cause of the way I was broken as a child. And therefore I was sort of floating around and would get sucked into things.

The improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers.