Failure-it centers me. Too much success has me thinking, All right, what's goin' on?

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness.'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.

You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.

I came from an Italian house. The refrigerator was always full. I never knew you had to buy food. I thought there were food fairies that came at night.

I love hitting into the rough because it gets me close to the people.

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.

I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.