"When I agreed to do The Office, the British version was not airing anywhere in America. When it did, everybody in the comedy world realized how great it was and it put a lot of pressure on us. All in the Family never had to compete with its British counterpart, but we did."
"You could be almost anything when you're running a puppet. You can play a lady, you could play monsters, you name it. For instance, Oscar and Big Bird are nothing alike. It's sort of a wonderful stretch. You're still acting, but you're acting at the end of your arm, and out of sight."
“I used to admire [comedians]…because they would say something and 200 people in the audience would laugh. It was my job when I was doing ‘Sanford’ to make 20 million people all over the country laugh at the same time."
"I maintain that if you make an interesting film, someone will see it."
“Chris Carter would show up on the mixing stage [for ‘The X-Files’] and he would tell the mixers, ‘You know, the dialogue’s good, but I want to hear that music raised.’…I’ve never been on any other show where the music was that prominent. And I think that’s one of the reasons why people noticed it, because they could hear it.”