What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

[Ed Grimley] lives in a retirement home in New Jersey. It's called the Retirement Home in New Jersey for Characters Who Were Interesting in the '80s for About an Hour. He's there with the Whiners, Gumby and Jon Lovitz's 'That's the ticket' guy.

Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like... People say, "I saw Saving Private Ryan, and that scene on the beach is just so moving." I can't imagine anyone who would say "I don't find that moving!" But you can show, whether it's Laurel & Hardy or the Three Stooges or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, some people are going to look at it and say "That's the funniest thing I've ever seen." Some people will say "I don't get it." Who's right, who's wrong?

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.