Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.

Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.