The Passion Of The Christ Opened Up

Even When I Was In School Shows, In Elementary School Doing Plays, I'd Always Go Off Book And Start Improvising.

Dad Had A Music Store, And He'd Often Bring Home Comedy Albums That I Would Listen To. I Started Listening To Bob Newhart And Bill Cosby, And Developing Taste. They Really Influenced My Style Of Comedy.

I Never Stopped Believing In Us And I Never Felt Like I Was Wanting For Anything, Except For My Father, And That Was Not Going To Be. I Describe In The Book [that] I Don't Think I Ever Felt Young Again In That Way. I Never Felt I Had My 15, 16, 17 Kind Of Years The Way I Maybe Should Have. It's A Huge Dent In You That It's Hard To Knock Out And Make It All Smooth Again.

When Comedy Is Good, It's Jazz. The Beats Of It, The Looseness, The Improvisational Part, The Music-the Way You Hit The Inflection, The High Notes Of A Joke. It's All Melody To Me.

I Always Came Away Thinking "i'd Like To See Her More," You Know? And Then When [parental Guidance] Was Ready To Be Cast, We Thought - Bette [midler]. So We Called Her.