Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.

My mother had lots and lots of children who didnt survive.

I'm actually a thin serious person but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies.

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.