Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.

I don't like to be my own audience, I find that being my own audience, being in the audience, makes me self-conscious, basically. So I tune in sometimes, with the sound off, to check it out and I back up to it. In the future I will look at it when some time has passed.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.