I've retired a couple of times. It's great, because you can just say, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I'm retired.'

I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great.

I've got kids and that's important. It's funny, you think that there's an expiration date on them and there just isn't.

I try to be alert and available. I try to be available for life to happen to me.

We're creating a TV show of Scrooge, starring Jamie Farr, with Buddy Hackett as Scrooge. We're shooting in this Victorian set for weeks, and Hackett is pissed all the time, angry that he's not the center of attention, and finally we get to the scene where we've gotta shoot him at the window, saying, "Go get my boots," or whatever. The set is stocked with Victorian extras and little children in Oliver kind of outfits, and the director says, "All right, Bud - just give it whatever you want." And Hackett goes off on a rant. Unbelievably obscene.

I realize it's impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous.