I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do

The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.

I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.

I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much.

I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years.

Did you know David Letterman was offered millions of dollars to do a commercial for dog food?

Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.'