If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, 'This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?' And eventually he dies of thirst.

Incidentally, I'm still looking for acting work, my first love.

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.

I quit smoking well over twenty years ago.

As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy.