My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

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

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've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.