I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.