As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.

I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

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

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.