I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach - Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did - he was a giant.

Since I was a kid, every Thanksgiving growing up in New York, we always watched 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' by Laurel and Hardy. Never miss it.

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years . . . and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.

I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade.

At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.