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 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.

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

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

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but ingenuity is the bombshell of success

That's because you're a highly moral person. I'm not. I don't judge, not even myself.

... tree has had a stroke, and its top dies. A redwood can deal with a stroke. It simply grows a new top in a few centuries.

In the end, the only thing between us was silence.

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

When I go to Bali, when I come to India and travel and see different cultures. I make sure I'm involved in the world out there, creatively, culturally.

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.

Quantum mechanics has explained all of chemistry and most of physics.

If you can see the handwriting on the wall... you're on the toilet.

I've been out on the periphery.