Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.

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

I've been a very lucky actor.

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me?

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.

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

In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.