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Comedy is a weird thing.
No one is any one thing.
Eugene Levy is my closest friend.
I'm an actor who loves doing comedy.
I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.
No one doesn't have loss. No one doesn't have pain.
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.
I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.
There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.
Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.
An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.
I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.
Some people you work on a film with, and then they disappear.
Whether arrogantly or what, I view myself simply as an actor.
I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.
I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears.
Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.
Any time you're honoured by your home, it's a bigger deal than most.
If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.
A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.
I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.
You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.
Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied.
I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.
Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.
You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.
You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.
The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.
My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
Why does 'I Love Lucy' still make people laugh? Because she's a specific character who has real reactions.
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 think Canadians are great satirists because we sit in the middle of these two giants: Great Britain and the U.S.
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.
I'm just drawn to the odd guy, the man who is full of it, the guy who has limited talent but is pretending he's a genius.
Often audiences vary... but I've always found Milwaukee to be a fabulous place to play with great audiences and very hip.
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.
Everything alters and changes with time. Some things that are considered triumphs, and 10 years later, they're considered minor.
I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.
I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured out how to pay the rent.
Trump is Trump. Some people find him hilarious. I don't find it hilarious, but you can't say it's dull. There's nothing credible about Donald Trump.
My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I've done and the amount of commitment I've given to it. That makes me proud.
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.
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.
The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?