I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.

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.

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.

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.

An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.

Eternal joy arises by living in the 'permanent room'. Living in the 'temporary room' gives temporary joy.

concepts means with structure so build structures in ur life.

It's a long life, sweetheart, and time heals all wounds.

I am made of a thousand ghosts, only you can shoot me down.

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one.

What the hand does the mind remembers.

I had to wait nine days for a letter that said a lot of very silly things.

The pleasures of mental agility are much overstated, inevitably - as it now appears to me - by those not exclusively dependent upon them.