Personally, I feel that if you shoot off 200,000 rounds, and your lead character pulls out a pistol and never gets hit, there's a sense of jeopardy that's lost. It becomes a little less exciting when things don't make sense.
'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.
People are real quick to jump at the easiest way to define you.
The message I always received was God is good. You're bad. Try harder. I pretty much kept my hand up at anything that represented God.
I haven't always played nice guys. In 'Gremlins,' I was a conceited, pompous braggart, and I was a redneck chauvinist in the TV movie 'A Matter of Sex.' But I really prefer sympathetic roles.
Before 'Animal House' came out to open up a huge market, there just weren't parts for young guys. That genre of film was my ticket in... One of my first jobs was with Bill Murray in 'Stripes.'
I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.'
My first sex scene - and it was with myself.
I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.
I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so.
I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.
I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.
The '80s was a great decade for comedy.
I'm proud to have been in some of the films that continue to be a special part of people's lives.
I like to watch and perform the kind of comedy that comes out of the situation - where the character is really serious and in a tough situation and doesn't realize that the situation is comic.
My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.
I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at me very seriously when I was about 15 and had whipped cream smeared all over myself. He said, 'You'd do anything for a laugh, wouldn't you?'
I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead.
I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good.
I was pulling in $80 a week after taxes working in a frozen yogurt store.
