I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.
I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington.
It was pretty clear that I was a funny guy, just as a guy.
Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.
When I saw 'Caddyshack,' I realized I couldn't act.
Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate.
Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.
If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.
Chaplin was my idol. I remember watching those movies at this little theater in Woodstock, N.Y., when I was probably 6 and laughing so hard at the surprises, like Keaton suddenly being dragged by a streetcar.
It's about timing and rhythm. But who could be better than Chaplin or Keaton?
Frank Capra's grandson was a second Assistant Director on 'Christmas Vacation.'
Avoid fatty foods, Bensonhurst, and hair care products.
Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.
What's funny is funny. The same thing that made you laugh a hundred years ago makes you laugh now.
I really love making movies. I just have this yearning in my stomach to go back and somehow subversively screw up television a little bit again.
We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.
I turned down 'Forrest Gump.'
Fame is a very unnatural human condition.
Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.
My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.
You can't observe as much if you're observed by others.
It's incredible. Twenty-three minutes on the air, and I've got to shoot for twelve, fifteen hours a day. What the hell's that?
I did comedy and parody television in the '70s. I was a liberal Democrat, and it was a very heady year.
I'm a New Yorker, and I live in the country.
To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.