Don't be silly and don't waste your time.

I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

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

In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.

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.