These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.

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

One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

The only weapon I've got is comedy

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.