There's An Army Story In Me, And

Everything Starts With Writing. And Then To Support Your Vision, Your Ideas, Your Philosophy, Your Jokes, Whatever, You've Gotta Perform Them And/or Direct Them, Or Sometimes Just Produce Them.

Directing Is A Terrible, Anxious Process. It's All Collaboration, And If You Have A Dream, It's Diluted Very Quickly By The Slightest Ineptness In Any Of Your Collaborators. They're Supposed To Help You, But Too Often They Help You Into Your Grave.

Comedy Is Lively, Comedy Is Joy, And That's What Keeps Us [people] Going, We've Got To Look Forward To Little, Little Happiness's. Little, Little Joys, And Comedy Is Very, Very Important, It's A Vital. We Underestimate Its Value, But We Should See More Comedies. Comedy Is Life Giving, It's Invigorating. I Really Believe It.

When You Come To Germany As A Jew You Have An Uneasy Feeling, But I've Always Felt Okay In Berlin.

You Often Hear That People Go Into Show Business To Find The Love They Never Had When They Were Children. Never Believe It! Every Comic And Most Of The Actors I Know Had A Childhood Full Of Love. Then They Grew Up And Found Out That In The Grown-up World, You Don't Get All That Love, You Just Get Your Share. So They Went Into Show Business To Recapture The Love They Had Known As Children When They Were The Center Of The Universe.