What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

It's acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they're considered aggressive and opinionated.

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.

Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing. Which, when I was little, really bothered me.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.

If you fail at the large things it means you have not large ambitions. Concentration, focus - that is all. The aptitudes come, the tools forge themselves.

WRITE YOURSELF OUT OF THE WRONG PLACE!WRITING IS SPIRITUAL THERAPY✏#HOPENATION

Treat me as I am, and that I shall remain.Treat me as I wish to be, and that I shall become.

Balance in large measure is knowing the things that can be changed, putting them in proper perspective, and recognizing the things that will not change."

The sea hates a coward.

If free men refused to look at dead bodies then brave men will have died in vain.

Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.

I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.

Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.