The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.
We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.
The greatest part of the job was... That was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy.
I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
Well, let's put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.
But I didn't know much about directing a movie.
I still don't know much about directing a movie.
I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.
Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'
Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?
I think with challenge comes a little more fun.
I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.
Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.
I'm still bald, I just wear a toupee.
I guess the Reagan era is defined as the 'I want it all for me, and screw everybody else' era.
I'm a singer and performer in a hybrid show that's standup, music and audience participation.
Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.
I'm not a director to make an action or horror film. That's not for me.
I am hard-core middle class.
Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.
I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.
I love smart comedy.
I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.
