When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.

I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.

I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.

Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always thought he was going to last longer. I knew him as being really funny, but at the same time, he had a dark side.

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.

When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!

The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.

I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.

A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.

One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.

If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?

Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.

If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.