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.

Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.

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

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

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