I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is someway.

Ah, yes. I remember my first beer.

I can't smell moth balls, I find it too difficult to get their tiny legs apart

I actually credit Twitter with fine-tuning some joke-writing skills. I still feel like I'm working at it.

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.

Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.