My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well.

I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose and I generally say I don’t play one so I don’t have to acknowledge it. I also play fife.

I'm a fun dad, but I don't know if I'm the fun, crazy dad.

It's nice to find people who live on the fringe, finding one another and she's just unrelentingly funny.

This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.

People just like to be on camera. There's a huge desire to be in front of the camera, and once there, people will say and do almost anything. It's sort of a drug, and I think people get addicted to it.

For my wife and I, the challenge is to not make every day the best day possible because it's not realistic.