I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.

The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.