My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids.

Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it.

I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.

It's always been said that comedy comes mostly out of the dark side anyway.

If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that's where you'll find the most successful work being done.

I'm a big proponent of having a mental health component go along with whatever the physical realities are.

On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity.

I've never been a big fan of improvisation, because I think you appreciate the process and the cleverness of it more than the actual comedy in most cases.

I've always felt that improv looks and feels more clever when you're there to experience it live than when you have the degree of separation that television creates. Television raises expectations.

I'm not able to go in with an act that I use month to month year to year all the time. It's constantly evolving and changing and that keeps me on my toes but certainly adds to the challenge.

I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

Magic isn’t something that can be explained: it simply is. It takes while it gives. So” – the spinner steps closer, his outstretched hand demanding – “I have given you magic, and now it must be paid.

Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.

America won the Cold War by protecting our strategic resources from the threat of foreign control. We must bring the same attitude to our trade relationship with China.

The only thing I command is respect.

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.

Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.

When you start at the beginning of your career [that] was really focused on your own needs and obstacles, and ultimately you realize you're not really doing it for yourself.

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.

the most important thing one can do for children is not accept the limitations they are so willing to impose on themselves.

I like rules that are broken.