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I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.

I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.

I entertain for a living, and I entertain.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

I'm an assistant storyteller. It's like being a waiter or a gas-station attendant, but I'm waiting on six million people a week, if I'm lucky.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

I think people need entertaining, and they like being entertained. That's all I do. I don't do anything important; I just work in entertainment.

I take a lot of pride in the work I do, because people pay to see me. They've got to get babysitters, park their car, get popcorn and candy. I've got to be conscious of that.

My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working in. I'm very grateful to them - they're my people, who understand why I work the way I do.