You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

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.

When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way.

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.

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

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