If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour of almost the same thing.
People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.
On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.
I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.
You only have a week to do a show. I mean, there's only so deep you can dig in that week.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other's company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.
Albert [Brooks] was rare in that he could make adults laugh. He was a prodigy. At age 15 and 16, he could make my dad laugh uncontrollably. And whenever we had parties, some of the funniest people of my generation - whether it was Billy Crystal or Robin Williams or John Belushi - would be doing shtick.