I've never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not in a mean-spirited way, but in a fun way - and my attitude developed from there.

I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas.

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

I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

We show a lot of film [with Regis Philbin] from my career which is most enjoyable. I enjoy watching it.

When someone says to me, do you do stand-up I say absolutely not. I like to think of it as a theatrical performance. With me the show changes maybe five to ten percent every night. Of course, whatever I see in front of me and sometimes I get on a little run about it and it changes the show. And my delivery is such that people who have seen me many times say Gee, I never heard that before. Actually, they have, but I might have changed it around.