The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

My daughter was a beautiful child.