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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero. "

" If you're a cheerleader, people see you. If you're a mascot, you're just helping out. "

" I think everyone has a door in their brain that says, 'Do not exit here.' If you go past it, you'll find all the dumb thoughts in there, all the stupid things that shouldn't be said. I've probably gone there more than anyone should in a given lifetime. "

" I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal. "

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

" My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches. "

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

" I always loved comedy growing up - Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Danny Kaye. "

" Christopher Guest, he'll call and say, 'We're doing this movie, and I'd like you to play _' and he gives you the character, then I always like to enlarge on the character. "

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

" One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob. "

" I used to collect autographs outside of the old Cleveland Stadium. I can still remember everyone who took the time and spent a few minutes to make your day. That sticks with you. "

" I've found over the years that for some reason, people either are big fans and have to use me, or they don't quite understand what I'm doing. "

" Tobe Hooper - he did my favorite horror movie, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre.' It's still one of my favorite horror films. "

" I've never crossed over to be a big star. I'd like to be in a big $100 million movie, though. 'Cause I was in an 'Austin Powers,' I think I had two lines, and every once in a while, I get a check, a really nice check, for that movie. "

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

" My stepfather was a military man: he was in the Air Force. Reserve. You thought he'd seen front-line action, but he was stationed in Cleveland. "

" In most cities, it doesn't cost much to put your own show on a local access channel, so you get all sorts of strange stuff on the air. "

" I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me. "

" I love San Francisco! "

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

" 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. "

" I love to draw, although I wish I was better at it. "

" I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders. "

" One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones. "

" Kids can relate to having some scary person living near their house. They can relate to, 'Hey, don't go near that house.' We all can. "

" 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. "

" When you think about accountants, who would want to be an accountant? But, what would we do without accountants? Whether it's soldiers or garbage men or doctors, everyone has the thing that they love. "