I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

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.

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.

If ever there was something she needed to stick around and fight for, Luc was that something.

Maybe that was the answer to good parenting—pretending the first child was the second.

I keep in too many of the words I need to let out. And then I let out too many of the words I need to keep in.

A love of the ages.

The song says respect yourself.But I would rather respect another and then have them respect me in return.

Be thankful not only that you are an individual but also that others are different. The world needs all kinds, but it also needs to respect and use that individuality.

Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face.

If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).

To be a gentleman is to be oneself, all of a seam, on camera and off.

I sit at my window gazing The world passes by, nods to me And is gone.