The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry

It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream.

Everything that has happened to me is of value to me. As painful as certain things are, and have been, and were, there's a use for those things in my life and in my work

Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober, he wants another drink. How a character hides their feelings tells us who they are, no one shows their feelings except bad actors.

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

Everyone can walk and talk. Your job is to create magic.

I did theatrical caricatures.