Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise you get tired.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

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

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

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.

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

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.