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.

I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny.

The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.

I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.

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

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

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.