I happen to be blessed with loving what I do for a living. I love acting and I'm so fortunate to be able to work in this business. And I get these marvelous letters about how encouraging it is to see someone making the most of their time and still enjoying it.

I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I'm the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half - half animals and half show business. You can't ask for better than two things you love the most.

When you start explaining why something's funny or finding a formula for it I think it loses some of its funniness.

I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.

The film industry gives you the opportunity to meet interesting people.

Now that I'm 91, as opposed to being 90, I'm much wiser. I'm much more aware and I'm much sexier.

You don't luck into integrity. You work at it.