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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

I was an actor before becoming a comedian.

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion.

I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.

Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore was first and foremost in my mind.

The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.

I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.