I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per­formed has been from my own head.

You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.

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

My father wasn't much for show business. He was an insurance man - very well-liked, very warm. He had a lot of friends.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt.

I always say that comedians and actors were all kind of shy when they were young. I was very, believe it or not, kind of embarrassed as a child. But my mother was a very strong lady and she was the one that kept it going when I thought it would be over for me as a performer. She was always my inspiration and she was a big influence on me.