I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.

Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.

It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.