Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.

You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.

Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

I knew most of the people there who ran the places, a lot of wiseguys. They're all gone now. All good people.

I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.