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.

Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.

I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.

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

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

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'm usually put off by performers when they get political