I love smart comedy.

I am hard-core middle class.

Comedy works best when people recognise themselves.

There’s no good reason to change a Neil Simon line. The day that I’m funnier than Neil Simon, Hell will be a very chilly place.

Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of acting, because the best actors see the material they’re working on through blinders. They can’t see anything but their role. I could never really do that.

Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it’s going to change or save the world.

But I didn’t know much about directing a movie.

Well, let’s put in this way, I grew up in West New York, New Jersey.

Thrilled that Gov. Romney enjoys my old character. I enjoyed the character he used 2 b 2. If he’d embrace that again, he’d b a great candidate.

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I’m the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.