Buck Henry

“I've always been a fan of the absurd.”

“All my life, I've been a guy who's been a little bit on the outside, looking in.”

“The problem with Hollywood is that it's all about money. And it's not a business that's well-suited to the creative process.”

“Most people who are successful in Hollywood are not the most talented people. They are the most persistent.”

“Satire is a weapon. It's not a feather duster.”

“I'm a terrible actor. I'm just a personality.”

“A movie is a series of problems to be solved. And the fun of it is solving them.”

“My theory on the whole 'Saturday Night Live' thing is that it's a cult. And once you're in it, you can't get out.”

“I did not want to be an actor. I was a writer. It was something I did to make a living, but it was never my passion.”

“I have a friend who's a billionaire and he has a house with 23 bathrooms. I said, 'What do you do with 23 bathrooms?' He said, 'I have parties.' I said, 'That's a lot of potato salad.'”

“I've never been a joiner. I'm not a team player.”

“I don't think there's any such thing as a 'good' script. There's a 'good' movie, and the script is a blueprint.”