I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny..

Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied..

If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them..

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife..

No one is any one thing..

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

I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life..

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career..

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue..

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….

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'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….

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..

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 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..

[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 ….

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….

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….