I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie.

The giant superstars are people whose talent is so enormous that their death wish can't destroy it.

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.

Every new routine I have ever written and performed probably occurred extemporaneously. Then after you have fleshed it out and tried it out in front of a number of audiences and it works, you put it down on paper.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.