I find animated movies very touching. They reach an audience that's hard to get with a live-action film.

Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.

When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry.

You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This is art, and you can't do it.

I'm a bitter, sad, sour young man who makes a career out of hastling people with real careers.

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.