Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think…

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I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed...

I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether...

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether...

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made...

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made...

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to...

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to...

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made...

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made...

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple...

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play...

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play...

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...

I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...