“From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a cert...” — Madeline Kahn Quote

From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.

Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

We are all a little bit hippy, a little bohemian. We take that from the culture we knew, from the '70s and the '80s.

You always want to reach and play something that you think is a little bit out of your bounds, that you don't think you could do, to challenge yourself a little bit more.

When you're a snake charmer, you're gonna get bit.

I was a bit of a show-off at school. I told jokes a lot because I wanted to have friends.

It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.