In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people.

I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.

If you can sustain a career over 40 years in this business, you've gotta consider yourself lucky.

I could always say I wished I had a better film career... but overall, I've been one of the lucky ones.

Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children playing than a comedy performance.

I keep my stand-up comedy notes in a pile on my desk. I don't organize my act. I keep myself in a state of confusion. It stresses me out, but I prefer creative chaos.

With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.

It may sound surprising, but a joke and a crime novel work in very much the same way. The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path. The audience know what's coming, or at least they think they do until they get hit from a direction they were not expecting.