Actor

When kids like Steven Spielberg were eight and nine and 10, they had little cameras, and that's all they wanted to do. When I was 10, I was in my attic pretending to host my own variety show. Spielberg wasn't. That's why he's a film director, and I'm doing what I'm doing.

Trump is Trump. Some people find him hilarious. I don't find it hilarious, but you can't say it's dull. There's nothing credible about Donald Trump.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

Eugene Levy is my closest friend.

I was a huge fan of Steve Martin, as everyone I knew in comedy was.

My job is not to analyze my career. But I am proud of the amount of work I've done and the amount of commitment I've given to it. That makes me proud.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny.

I think Canadians are great satirists because we sit in the middle of these two giants: Great Britain and the U.S.

What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.

Everything alters and changes with time. Some things that are considered triumphs, and 10 years later, they're considered minor.

Any time you're honoured by your home, it's a bigger deal than most.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace.

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.

All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.