Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot from them.

Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.

I like to take chances, and that's the key to comedy -- dancing like an idiot but doing it with wild abandon.

That's the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid

That's what I like to do: bring out the best in people.

Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot from them.

I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone.