I always loved to dance, but I never had a clue what I was doing.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

My wife, as proud as she was of me, hated show business for good reasons. There was something about the spouse always being pushed out of the way, shoved aside. She wanted to get away from it.

There are people with their iPads are taking pictures so much that they're not experiencing the moment. They go home and look at the pictures later.