I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.

The thing in comedy is that once you start worrying about something not succeeding, you're frozen. There's no verdict on anything. You can make ¡Three Amigos!, and some people will at the time say, "Oh, that's too silly." Then five years later, silly is hip. Now it's considered art. I never comment on anything I do, because if I say anything negative about X film, or X TV show, or X project, people who saw it and loved it go, "Well, am I an idiot?"

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

I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.

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

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.