I never made a good movie.

I think the biggest mistake - I was always a big fan of Cary Grant, and he asked me to do a movie with him, playing the second lead, and I didn't do it. And to this day, I can't remember why. But I could've said I worked with Cary Grant, but I turned him down. That was probably the biggest mistake I ever made.

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

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.