I happen to be a movie star, but I'm not saying, "Hey, I'm a role model. Imitate me."

At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of us who worked on that movie.It's amazing to me that that was a studio movie. That was a summer studio release! If that doesn't tell you how much the business has changed, nothing will.

My first lessons in comedy, how to construct a joke, I learned from Eileen Brennan, who had unbelievable timing.

It was sort of the first movie [The Specials ] where I really got to let my comedy freak flag fly. And everybody in it made me laugh really hard. I wish more people had seen it.

I literally knew nothing when I did that show ["Tony Flanagan"]. It was the first time I signed an autograph, it was the first time I got fan letters, it was the first time people screamed when I came out.

So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.

I have never felt at any point in my life, good or bad, any ill will ever from the man or woman on the street.