I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
When someone goes, 'Oh, this group is really pissed off at what you said,' there's not a piece of my body that goes, 'Sweet!' That means I did it wrong. I'm just trying to make people laugh.
Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.
I'm an actor. It's like being a bricklayer. Sometimes I'm building a little wall, and the next time I'm building a palace.
I always considered myself a performer. It's what God gave me. It doesn't matter if one person hears it or a million.
You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.
Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three.
I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.
I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.
Broadway was weird.
You'd need to polish your skills as you only get one chance. In cinema, retakes are possible but in theatre, there are none.
We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.
Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.
I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.
Without pressure, I don't think this would be very much fun, without all the people watching and finding joy in this game.
I think the live show is a different kind of catharsis. It's an event. It's supposed to be entertaining. To keep myself entertained, I like to play a rock n' roll show. I still kind of feel like I'm a rock n' roll musician anyway.
There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.
I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on a daily basis that it is honed and deeply spiritual... I want to believe that the audience believes that my acting comes from this special place.
If you want to reach a large audience, appeal to idiots.
Fans are always in for a treat when they see us in person.
I began coming to Paris in the 1960s when I was told audiences here liked my work. More than 20 of my plays have been produced in Paris, and several have had long runs and have returned in revivals.
When you finish a film, before the first paying audience sees it, you don't have any idea. You don't know if you made a success or a flop, when it comes to the box office.
I wanna cover more ground, get a bigger fan base.
