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 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.

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

The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.

I've done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I've had a very long and very satisfying career.

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