I loved writing and performing, but the idea of doing it for a living seemed so remote. But I eventually let it devolve to the point where it was the only thing I could do.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I was the little guy who knew how to tie a necktie. It came from having absentee parents. They were tremendously loving and caring people who, by circumstance, had to go to work.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.

In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead

Gods are what people worship. Men are what die.

#Cats are marvelous creatures - they either adapt to circumstances, or decide to make circumstances adapt to them. Either way - they win.

Our people... blood is the only language we speak. I'm all out of words.

Never take a mulligan on a par 3. A "hole in three" is not a fun story to relive.

The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.

I imagine as an axiom you could say that the better the play, the less "creativity" the director need exert.

Sometimes the riskiest decision you can make is to do nothing.

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then why does it hurt when I spray them with Windex?