I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.

You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.

In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'

Jamie Kilstein is amazing and I will be spreading the word. He has the spark that energized my conscience. We need more comedians kicking it hard the way he does every night

Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that.