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I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say something useful. If I'm going to spend a year of my life on these things, I want something that I feel that strongly about.

I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!

I like giving the audience a lot of stuff to look at, and rewards for repeated viewings and paying attention.

I'm not concerned that my stuff isn't extreme. I don't want to be heavy. I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and a positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.

I always give the audience a variety because I want to make sure they hear the favorites and all that.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place.

I am doing what I love to do, and you cannot beat that, especially when the audience appreciates what you prepare for them. It's very, very gratifying.

You know you're on stage being the life of the party and trying to get laughs, and then, in a lot of ways, you don't have anything to give once you give it to the people.

Don't give it to the audience; leave it to the audience.