Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidate and scare off the people you'd like to spend time with. They're not going to approach you. And the ones who do are often there because you are a celebrity.

When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.

My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.'

Retirement is not in my vocabulary.

Animals don't lie. Animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.

The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.

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.