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.

People have very specific opinions of comedy. Slapstick was an art form in the '20s and the lowest form of show business in the '50s. Who's right, who's wrong? Who's an idiot, who's not?

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.

You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

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.

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.