In a real relationship, you take two steps forward, one step back. So just because we take two steps forward and get all the benefit from that doesn't mean we can't go back or to the side.

In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

I'm not perfect, but I'd like to be perfect. I'm working on it.

I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.