“The beauty of acting is that you have to be there in that moment. And when you’re in that moment, it’s an amazing thing because we’re not in the moment in real life, but when you are on that set, on that stage, and that director says “Action,”...
“Run your own race, follow your own path. Don’t worry about what other people are doing, and especially now, ‘These kids, they’re doing that.’ And don’t get worried about, ‘Oh, what’s this guy doing?’ Or, ‘What are these people doing?’...
“What is a successful writer? I always describe it as like, when you’re sitting there with your fingers on the keyboard, you’re looking at the screen, you’re in that world, the voices are in your head. It’s playing out and, and you got...
“ You have to ask these five questions before you get into partnership with anyone on anything significant. Do I like this person? Do I trust this person? Do they do what they say they’re gonna do? Do they finish what they start and have they already...
“I met Joan Rivers, and Joan encouraged me to go to New York. I was not really ready. I did move to New York, and I took my page of jokes that I wrote for Joan, and I went to Rollins and Joffe, the people who promoted Robert Klein and other great people. And...