After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.

I'm from Hollywood; I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York.

I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.

I guess I lead a double life, and I must admit I'm happy with both.

You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor.

I was a teacher before comedy, but it was good because no two days were the same, which this job is too.

I've always been more of a nerdy, academic type. I loved 'Star Wars' growing up. I have three older brothers, so they were a big influence on me. We loved 'Danger Mouse,' and we love 'Monty Python'. We loved any kind of British comedy and 'Wallace and Gromit' and all of that stuff.

I love doing horror with comedy twists and I think it's a really fun genre.