When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me.

There aren't many pratfalls in comedy anymore.

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

Haters are going to hate.

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

I just think everyone needs their own private space.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.