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" I guess if you're a professional mascot, you're doing it for the money, but a college mascot just wants to be out there. "

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" I have always been more relaxed around comedy. "

" I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way. "

" If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious people in the world were people, and they had had a reason for doing what they did. So you try to find that and let the obnoxiousness come out. "

" With improv or a full length play - you know how you go to a theater, and after 10 minutes you say, 'Oh, I don't like this thing,' but you don't want to get up and leave? At a sketch show, it's always something new every few minutes. "

" The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange. "

" After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.' "

" I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson. "

" That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not. "

" It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. "

" If you're not doing something right, you can feel it on stage, and if it isn't going well, the audience will tell you. A teacher can teach you sense memory and this and that, but until you get in front of an audience, you don't really feel it. "

" I've been in a lot of shows, I will say that. Every once in a while, I'll look at a tape of something I've done, and I won't even remember having done it. "

" Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!' "

" I love working with Ty Burrell. "

" I'll go in a minute to see a sketch show. "

" Looking back, I was a very good kid, very studious and all. But I would always come out with a quip - and I was sent to the principal's office several times. "

" I was an only child. "

" Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring. "

" I once was in a project. They were going to do a remake. Somebody started a rumor I wanted more money. I said, 'This is ridiculous. I'd kill for this project!' "

" I love sketch; it's my favorite form. But if it's all improv, they're either very good, and it's annoying how good they are, and it makes you feel bad, or they're not too good; then you're sweating for them. "

" It's not a bad typecast: the goofy guy. "

" Comedy is harder, because if there's no laughs, it's pretty bad. But drama, if there's no reaction, you can say, 'Well, it's not their cup of tea. Maybe it's too heavy for the audience.' "

" When I started, there was a phase where I wanted to be a cowboy star. I didn't want to do deep, serious parts. "

" God bless Chris Guest... and I mean it sincerely. "

" If you're going to take a risk as a comic, make sure it's surrounded by other things that you're certain are funny. "

" All America is familiar with the Yankee-Dodger-Giant trivia, but so many other teams had great moments. "

" A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward. "

" Let me say this: I have said, any time, if it's Martin Mull, I will say yes. If it's Christopher Guest, I will say yes. "

" I loved Bob Hope and the way he would turn to the camera and break the fourth wall. "

" Bob Balaban is so perfect that the first movie I did with him, I couldn't talk to him because I was so intimidated by him. "

" When we need a policeman, God bless 'em, they're there. But, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious. "