Young people ask me for advice, and I tell them to do what I didn't do. Get some training. I took jobs that required talents I didn't have.

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

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.

I sing all day. And it's good for you. Good for your vocal cords.

'Mary Poppins' was one of the best experiences of my life.

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 played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.