Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.

Don't think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you'll never do a thing.

Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired.

Alcohol is really just the liquid version of Photoshop.

My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are.

You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.

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.