My mom, dad, grandparents, we all do voices.

No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake."

It's not like you get up on stage and you're immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don't be discouraged.

If a guy doesn't like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.

A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.

Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.

Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn't much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which is what I did.

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody.

All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.

I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

Now comes the mystery! (last words)

Always be grateful for life, love, and joy.

Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.

Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself.

Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

My life was an unending, unchanging midnight. It must, by necessity, always be midnight for me. So how was it possible that the sun was rising now, in the middle of my midnight?

For me, environment is all. Place — as I was saying about my students — is absolutely essential.