When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way.

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.

The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that. And comedy is still the bread and butter.

What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes — a fact which is recognized in the extra ration issued to old-age pensioners.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.

I don't love the idea of the responsibility falling on the manager. That just adds to their in-game responsibility.

I've been a dweller on the plains, have sighed when summer days were gone; No more I'll sigh; for winter here Hath gladsome gardens of his own.

The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

My parents are really good people - they just are not meant to be together.

I'm a pop culture junkie. I'm a People magazine reader, an US Weekly subscriber; all of those celebrity magazines get my dollar.

I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

The mind is like tofu. By itself, it has no taste. Everything depends on the flavor of the marinade it steeps in.