People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?
I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.
Often audiences vary... but I've always found Milwaukee to be a fabulous place to play with great audiences and very hip.
My natural state is to be happy. I'm naturally buoyant. I wake up feeling, 'What a great morning!' I've had some tragedy in my life, absolutely, but I don't know one human being who hasn't. You either learn from it and become empowered by it, or you become a victim to it. It's life, after all.
No one doesn't have loss. No one doesn't have pain.
Any time you're honoured by your home, it's a bigger deal than most.
I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.
I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.
I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.
Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.
I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.
'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.
When kids like Steven Spielberg were eight and nine and 10, they had little cameras, and that's all they wanted to do. When I was 10, I was in my attic pretending to host my own variety show. Spielberg wasn't. That's why he's a film director, and I'm doing what I'm doing.
Everything alters and changes with time. Some things that are considered triumphs, and 10 years later, they're considered minor.
Some people you work on a film with, and then they disappear.
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.
