Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household..

If I hadn't become a celebrity, I'd probably be an alcoholic..

I was obsessed with being rich and famous..

I love comedy. It's where my heart is..

A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world..

I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each other's comedy for years..

Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation..

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail..

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it..

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama..

I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions..

I was crazy about silent comedy - in the old days, and crazy about Japanese movies..

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens..

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too..

Comedy is the kindly contemplation of the incongruous..

I've lived my life again just telling it to you..

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities..

I'm very open to the up-and-comers..

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess..

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material..

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul..