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.

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.

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.

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.

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