You need to be silly to be funny.

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.

I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.

I did a movie in Esperanto.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.