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

A few years ago, I won a Tony for Little Me and I learned two important lessons from that experience. 1. Fair-weather friends are so much more interesting to be around and 2. It's amazing what this award fetches on E-Bay.

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

All the actor does is, he tries to get as many takes as he can out of the director that day. So he can walk away and say to himself, "Hey, it's in there. I'm not going to edit it. I'm not going to make those choices. If they want to blow it, it's fine. But I've done all I can." You're right. I'm always amazed when actors bash films as if those grips and that cinematographer didn't work hard enough.

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.