I Was Never Into Candy And Games

I Didn't Have A Lot Of Independent Film Connections. It Really Took Until The Digital Film Revolution Came Along That I Realized That I Could Do It Myself.

Because I Don't Do Stand-up, Radio Has Always Been My Equivalent, A Place To Stay In Connection With The Public And Force Myself To Write Every Week And Come Up With New Characters. Plus It's A Medium That – Having Grown Up With It And Putting Myself To Sleep With A Radio Under My Pillow [as A Kid] – I Love. No Matter What Picture You Want To Create In The Listener's Mind, A Few Minutes Of Work Gets It Done.

I Just Think Everyone Knows You Go On Those [political Satire] Shows If You're A Politician To, "humanize Yourself" - To Show, "hey, I Can Take A Joke." Well, Why Should Satire Be In The Service Of Humanizing These People Who Are Supposed To Be The Target Of Our Venom And Vitriol? I Think That's Unseemly.

I Wasn't Playing Nixon's Satirical Stick Figure. I Was Playing Nixon The Man. As An Actor, I Felt I Had To Get To The Deeply Flawed Humanity Of The Guy.

I Always Used To Sit Next To Mel Blanc When We'd Do The Shows. When You Have Jack Benny On One Side And Mel Blanc On The Other, You're Not Going To Go Far Wrong.