Here's A Guy [richard Nixon] Who Had

When I Was Growing Up, We Learned Our History Almost As Lives Of The Saints. And It Came As A Shock, "oh, Jefferson Had Slaves?" It Always Comes As A Shock To Us That Elevation To The White House Didn't Somehow Cleanse Them Of All Their Deep Character Flaws.

The Act Of Getting Married, Stripped Of The Necessity To Have A Secure Setting To Raise Children, Seems To Me No Less Grim Than Registering Your Emotions With The Government.

I've Been Doing Nixon Pretty Much My Whole Professional Life. I Was In This Comedy Group Called The Credibility Gap In Los Angeles When He Was President. I Was Doing Nixon On The Radio, And When We Did Live Shows I Physicalized Him - If That's A Word - For The First Time. And Then I Did A Nixon Sketch On A Very Short-lived Nbc Show Called Sunday Best.

As A Kid, I Really Did Want To Hang Out With The Grownups, So It Was Hanging Out With The Hippest Grownups In The World. This Was The Nicest Bunch Of People I've Worked With In Show Business, With The Exception Of The People Around 'a Mighty Wind.' It Really Was A Wonderful Eight Years.

My Parents Didn't Want Me To Be A Regular In A Series. I Was A Working Actor From Time To Time But They Thought Was A Little Too Much Being A Star Of A Series. They Wanted Me To Have A Slightly More Normal Childhood.