When we got to our hotel rooms, mosquitoes as big as George Foreman were waiting for us. They were sitting in armchairs with their legs crossed.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well, I'll disappoint the audience, they may not like it, I better do something that I think is more commercial.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.

Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.