I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.

It means you never know what's going to happen,' I said. 'You do your best, then take your chances. Everything else is beyond our control.

When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'

I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.

When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late 40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.

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