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"I think basically an actor is a salesman."
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"I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was."

"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

"Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors."

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."
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"I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution."

"When I said I didn't have a cent, I didn't. I used to get annoyed with people who said they were broke when they had five dollars."

"My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that."

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

"Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics."

"Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable."

"I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that."

"I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me."
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