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

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

Doormen are kind of invisible, people don't know their names. They just say, Thank you, or Good morning. I'd never thought about doormen before. They're a vanishing breed. More electronic doors are being introduced.

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

I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

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.