Yeah, the material's been good so far, although I'm sure there's got to be a drought coming someday.

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated more stuff - they usually videotape you while you're reading it - so they'll incorporate some gestures and some facial expressions into it.

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.

In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.

I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom to do sort of 'meaty' roles but also have the freedom to do the sort of films I want to make, like what Woody Allen does. You forget he's funny because you're so gripped by the story, but they still make you laugh.

I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.