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 want to play a villain - I can't wait to play a villain.

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

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

It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.

The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.