Martin Short

There's a lot of insecure, sad people in any profession.

I have a kind of objective luxury about my career.

Often audiences vary... but I've always found Milwaukee to be a fabulous place to play with great audiences and very hip.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

I remember, as a kid, nothing struck me funnier than seeing Richard Nixon look into the camera and sincerely tell everyone he didn't know where the 18 minutes had gone from his tapes. But there was all this sweat on his upper lip. We knew he was lying. He knew we knew he was lying. But he was determined to tell the lie.

When kids like Steven Spielberg were eight and nine and 10, they had little cameras, and that's all they wanted to do. When I was 10, I was in my attic pretending to host my own variety show. Spielberg wasn't. That's why he's a film director, and I'm doing what I'm doing.

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.

I think that even though the characters were heightened, the 'SCTV' cast were all such strong actors they found a certain truth in playing them. I think that's why the show stays fresh and timeless.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.