You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.

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.

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

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

Sex is pretty funny, let's face it. And the more seriously we take ourselves, the funnier sex gets, I think.

I've enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.

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