I went from one day being toasted to being roasted.
I've known Chevy Chase for so long, I actually knew him when he was funny!
Almost all comedy is of its time. You can't expect audiences now to laugh at what amused people 60 years ago.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
I was doing a bit that stupid people should be slapped. But the more I did it, the more I didn't like that connotation, the violence and all that. The more I thought about it, I thought they should just wear signs. And, man, it just took off.
10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.
Things are more complex today, and I think humor has changed a a great deal. People are more sensitive today.
The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that you have much more observational humor.
Obviously comedic styles do change.
I changed the face of comedy. I used to be funny.
Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore.
Jerry Seinfeld has an interesting theory. He goes, '20 pounds up or down, and you lose your funny.'
I'm proud that I don't make crazy jokes anymore.
Obviously I had a different sense of humor when I was 13.
Because also, sometimes things that are really funny on the day, when you look at them in post can feel too broad, you know? Sometimes not, but it's kind of weird how that can change.
When you're six years old, the word 'poo' is the funniest word on God's earth, but this insults my intelligence.
Comedy used to be a vehicle for change. Now, comedy has gotten to this quirky, nonsensical place, which I enjoy. But I do think there is room for discussion-based humor. We can tell those stories in a way that feels edifying.
