You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door.

I started a grease fire at McDonald's - threw a match in the cook's hair.

When the person beside you is making you alert and keen and the idea of being with anyone else is not imaginable.

A joke that works is complete knowledge in a nanosecond.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.

I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.