There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I'll cry.

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.

I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.

Funny is funny is funny.