 Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence. |
| I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge. |
| I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life. |
| I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie. |
| One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife. |
| All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done. |
| Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes. |
| Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied. |
| I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears. |
| You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, "No". |
| No one is any one thing. |
| David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny. |
| What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime. |
| 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. |
| All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. |
| You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled. |
| I have a kind of objective luxury about my career. |
| People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue. |
| 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've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about. |
