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

Working at the magic shop really gave me a sense of comedy because it was all jokes.

As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.

Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it's going to work. And then you get the response. It's great when it's good.

I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was there. As a comedian, I'm always listening to the audience. And in movies, sometimes the only audience you have is the producer and the director. I like having someone else's opinion, especially if you're on the same wavelength.

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.