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Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

Years ago, Barry Diller asked me to be a judge on a pilot for an inventor show on USA, and when it was over, the producer, Ken Mok, took me out to dinner and really got me talking. It was a long dinner. Afterward, he said, 'One day, I'm going to write your movie'.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened.

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

How did the Oscar change my life? What it did was that it gave me a new reality. And it let me know that an award wasn't going to change my life - that I had to be in control of changing my life.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.