You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of them were very funny, but there's nothing worse than watching comedians or musicians who are up there and are doing something they're not interested in.

I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything.

Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.

I never said that movies were struggling behind TV. I'm just saying that movies have a better creative cache.

What I was trying to say in that bit, without saying it out loud, is that there were things - you're right, everything is very politicized these days, literally down to what kind of coffee you drink - that I used to fight with people about. And by the way, not just people like Republicans and Christians, but liberal friends of mine and very radical left-wing types, and alternative, indie types.

We need conservatives that can accept gays, and then we need hippies that can shave and bathe.