Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.

Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

Well, I like how people talk. I like language. You know, Linda Richman spoke in Yiddish.

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.

My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

You can't think of risks. I have nothing to lose. You either make something that you like, or you don't, and you throw it to the universe.

Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

It's hard to be super full of yourself in Canada. If there was a motto of Canada, it would be, "Who do you think you are, eh?"

There are two ways of opening the eyes of people. The first is by way of preaching the Word of God and the second is prayer

People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live.

Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.

In women everything is heart, even the head.

I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.

I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on those who produce.

I stalk about her door, like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks staying for waftage.