I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

Some of the most morally conscious, kindest, most compassionate people are in the entertainment industry, people who want to affect the world and make it a better place through telling human, heartfelt stories.

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.

The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights.

My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.