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I Loved Writing And Performing, But The Idea Of Doing It For A Living Seemed So Remote. But I Eventually Let It Devolve To The Point Where It Was The Only Thing I Could Do.

Well, For Me, It's The Relationship Between Comedy And Life - That's The Edge I Live On, And Maybe It's My Protection Against Looking At The Tragedy Of It All. It's Seeing Life In Balance. Comedy And Tragedy Co-exist. You Can't Have One Without The Other. I'm Of The School That Anything Can Be Funny, If Seen From A Comedic Point Of View.

I'm A Writer-director-actor, Which I've Always Kind Of Enjoyed. I Compared It To The Olympic Biathlon. "not Only Can He Cross-country Ski, But He's A Terrific Marksman As Well." I Want People To Say, "you Mean That Writer Performed A Tracheotomy?" That's Right, I Do Everything.

We Tell Our Kids That Policemen Are Good And God Protects Us And Our Country Is Noble, And At A Certain Point - And For Some It Comes Quite Early, Five Or Six Years Old - We Start To Realize That It's All A Facade.

I Had A Lot Of Fun Working With John Candy. We Had A Pretty Good Rapport.