You can't really conduct your life by one or two phrases.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

Comedians don`t get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can`t really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my own performance.

It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book. ... But there certainly is a difference in energy between a younger man and an older man.

In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.