Martin Short

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.

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.

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.

I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.