I Don't Make Any Pretense About Being

If You Play Mark Twain And He's Not Funny, You Are Definitely Not Playing Mark Twain. That Was The Biggest Challenge, In Some Ways. Writing And Performing Jokes That Can Come Out Of That Brilliant Delivery System He Constructed: The Friendly, Avuncular Truth-teller.

My Only Challenge Is To Entertain. And I Accomplish My Task Better When I Myself Am Entertained By What I Am Doing. I Am Very Critical Of Myself, I Constantly Set The Bar Higher And Higher. I Try To Surpass Myself. That`s All. But I Also Know How To Preserve Myself, To Not Let Myself Get Bedazzled By The Smoke And Mirrors.

It May Or May Not Sound Pretentious. But I`ve Turned Down, Consciously And Specifically, Many Jobs I Knew Would Have Been A Pretty Surefire Way To Go About Making A Lot Of Money, Being Recognized And Gaining Power In The Industry.

Hollywood's Like A Warehouse. It's Just A Place That You Go. What's Interesting In The Warehouse Has To Do With The Creative People.

My Perception Is That I've Never Done Anything But Work Really Hard.