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"When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that's why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn't fall asleep. That gift I have still."
"My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, 'That's it-let's get the hell outta here.'"
"I'd sort of gone through some sort of spiritual change in the late 70s where I sort of saw there was some other life to live. It changed the way that I worked just having a different presence and a different tension."
"I don't know what my fans are going to think. It's definitely not what they're used to from me."
"Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then."
"There are a lot of actors that are more talented than me at Second City who quit it before they even got to a paying status. Weird luck. I had no other option."
"The atheists traditionally hold their conventions from Good Friday to Easter Sunday during the hours Christ spent in the grave."
"I realize it's impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous."
"You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great."
"If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it's not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You've got to keep the energy up."
"If I run into someone on the street, that's one thing. But answering mail for a living? I like a job where you can play and act kind of goofy and have some fun."
"If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something."
"It's much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project."
"I think romance basically starts with respect. And new romance always starts with respect. Like the song 'Love the One You're With'; there is something to that. It's not just make love to whomever you're with, it's just love whomever you're with."