I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder biscuits and the best shrimp cocktails that ever were.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

It probably is harder to fool people when they know they're going to be fooled.

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.