Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring.

Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring.

Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I'm not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self.

It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.

I've found over the years that for some reason, people either are big fans and have to use me, or they don't quite understand what I'm doing.

I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way.