To direct a sequel to somebody else's work is not interesting to me.

After I left 'Laverne & Shirley,' I got a ton of offers to play the goofy guy next door, and there were a couple of series that I was offered that turned out to be successful series, but it was too close to what I'd done on my series, and I was really glad I didn't take it.

I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out.

There's more than one way to do TV just like there's more than one way to do widescreen movies.

Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is.

I like working with Bob Odenkirk.

'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me, now, when I run into people.

David Lander and I met in September of 1965. We were both students at Carnegie Tech, as it was then known. Before the Mellon money came in.

I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history.

My wife makes an amazing chili.