I pride myself in being able to survive just about any situation on stage now. I can handle pressure.
When I first started, there were, like... two or three critics that you thought, 'Alright, I hope I get a good review from them.' And now there's millions of them.
We're seeing this disintegration of the family movie into these blockbuster things that kids should not be exposed to with explosions, carnage and violence.
Doing my Broadway show '700 Sundays' reminded me how much I love working in front of an audience.
My girls turned out great.
That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.
Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.
Gentlemen, start your egos.
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.
I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.
Kids need a happy household. They need to be loved and supported in their dreams. And I don't think you can make your kids' dreams your own. They need you to support them in their dreams.
Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
I was a film-directing major at NYU. I'm still not sure why I became a directing major, when I was really an actor and a comedian, but there was something that drew me to doing that.
You really have to have some muscle to be on the stage in front of the world.
I'm a baby. I sleep like a baby - I'm up every two hours. And I think a lot. I worry a lot. I have great nights of no sleep where ideas come.
My dad, Jack, had a great sense of humour and had a strong impact on me and my humour.
I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing.
Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other.
