The Problem We Have Right Now In

Albert [brooks] Was Rare In That He Could Make Adults Laugh. He Was A Prodigy. At Age 15 And 16, He Could Make My Dad Laugh Uncontrollably. And Whenever We Had Parties, Some Of The Funniest People Of My Generation - Whether It Was Billy Crystal Or Robin Williams Or John Belushi - Would Be Doing Shtick.

I Was Also A Congressman. I Had Decided To Run For Office And Had Become A Congressman With Queen Latifah.

Most People Are In Marriages, And There Are Very Few Movies Made About What It Really Is Like To Be Married For A Length Of Time. You Always Show The Romantic Part And All That. Or The Divorce, And The Horrible Split, And The Guy's Having An Affair, Or She's Having An Affair, And They're Going To Get Split Up, Whatever. But Very Few People Just Look At What Actually Happens In A Marriage.

My Fear Is That The Tea Party Gets A Charismatic Leader. Because All They're Selling Is Fear And Anger. And That's All Hitler Sold. 'i'm Angry And I'm Frightened, And You Should Hate That Guy Over There.' And That's What They're Doing.

When You Do Improv, You're Everything. You're A Performer, Writer, And Director, Because You're Moving The Scene In The Direction You Want It To Go, You're Making It Up As You Go, And You're Acting It. You're All Of Those Things, So I Always Viewed Myself That Way. And With The Films I've Done, I've Written On Them, I've Acted In Some Of Them. And Even Ones I Haven't Acted In, I've Acted Them Out Just To Be Sure Another Actor Can Do Them.