I did play a dentist in Waiting for Guffman. I wrote the speech at the conference. In the original script, when it got to that scene, it was, 'Thank you very much. Good night.' Literally. I just thought, 'He keeps talking about this speech. The keynote address is the big thing in his life and this is too important to say, "Thank you. Good night." I think we have to see and hear him doing what he does.' So I got together with my dentist and we worked through a few things.

I’ve consequently played a lot of different cops from a lot of different kind of law enforcement agencies.

I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she was always naked. It's titillating.

What kills me is that everybody thinks I like Jazz.

I approach my work the way an actor approaches their work. The only difference is that I do comedy, and my job is to make things funny. My style makes things sound like they're improvisational and happening right then and there.