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.

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.

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

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

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn't put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you're hiding behind a character.