Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafayette about 25 years ago and my sister lives here now, I always claim it as home.
Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.
By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.
'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.
A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.
It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.
My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play and entertain and do my thing.