Occupation: Actor Birth: March 26, 1950
A few years ago, I won a Tony for Little Me and I learned two important lessons from that experience. 1. Fair-weather friends are so much more intere….
I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about..
The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love..
No one is any one thing..
One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife..
You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled..
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life..
A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA..
If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them..
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..
Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied..
I still do live concerts all over the country - about four a month - with singing and characters and improv. It keeps me limber. I'll never lose that….
I'm totally aware of how lucky I am. I have health, family, children. I do work that gives me total joy and allows me to make a living, and maybe, if….
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations..
The thing in comedy is that once you start worrying about something not succeeding, you're frozen. There's no verdict on anything. You can make ¡Thre….
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..
When you have to worry about paying the rent, you're never bored. You're just happy to have that job. But once you don't have to worry and reach the ….
I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears..
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….
Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like... People say, "I saw Saving….
[Ed Grimley] lives in a retirement home in New Jersey. It's called the Retirement Home in New Jersey for Characters Who Were Interesting in the '80s ….