If Things Don't Come Easy To You,

If You Start To Disrespect The Character You're Playing, Or Play It Too Much For Laughs, That Can Work For A Sketch, It Will Sell Some Gags, But It's All Technique. It's Like Watching A Juggler - You Can Be Impressed By It, But It's Not Going To Touch You In Any Way.

I Happen To Have A Public Profile. Ditto Newspaper Editors. It's A Result Of What I Do, Not An End.

If You Are A Great Dramatic Actor Then You Often Don't Know If People Are Enjoying Your Stuff At All Because They Are Sitting There In Silence. But With Comedy It's A Simple Premise. If It's Funny, People Laugh. If It's Not, They Don't.

Look At All Those American Preachers Who Got Caught With Their Pants Down. They Say One Thing And They Are Doing Another. I Try To Be More Honest About It, Both In My Thinking And My Behavior.

If The Person Who Can Effectively Sanction Ill-conceived Wars Can Play The Electric Guitar, Which Is A Symbol Of Rebellion, Then That Whole Worldview Becomes Confused.