I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.

You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures.

Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.

It's a pain in the ass, show business. And the only time that I really enjoy it is when I'm in front of an audience and they're reacting to me.

Woody Allen is a better actor than anybody from the Actors Studio, and he can be anybody he says he is.

I don't know what to do with Warren Beatty. All I know is that he wasn't attracted to me. That's all right.