I feel lucky that I'm working at all. I don't take any job for granted. I enjoy this. It's all enjoyable for me. It's all part of it.

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

Nobody with a victim mentality will get anywhere. Ever. They will never succeed.

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

If you build it, nerds will come.

I didn't take anything from anyone - first of all. Second of all, I opened a comedy club with money that I saved over 25 years. I created jobs.

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.

Neither of us asked to be born descendants, yet I’d be rewarded with his death, and we couldn’t prevent that. No one could. (Eric)

It is better to learn two important lessons in life than a thousand when you are about to die.

No, we did not do this, and we are not with you.

I was very into math and calculus, and just always was very - really interested in that. But any sort of numbers.

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!

Death is not a tragedy to the one who dies; to have wasted the life before that death, that is the tragedy.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.