I think they [Martin Scorsese, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra] liked my honesty. My personality. For that, they always treated me great. I, in turn, treated them great. No secret about it. My being who I am - that is that.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

You've got to be able to sell yourself.

In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license.

Regis Philbin is very successful in his own right. We have a new thing where he have chairs and we sit and talk to each other about my career and his career. It works pretty well if I do say so.

It's just to break things up between stand-up gigs. I would only do it periodically. Maybe just an East Coast thing.

The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson.