Tony Bennett said to me, "Wow, your talent is amazing." Maybe he's a bore, maybe he's a jerk, but when he said that to me, I didn't need anything more than that.

I’d like to discover life. Quite frankly I don’t know how to be happy. I have not a clue. I only serve — and I don’t say that with any grandeur. I just serve others through entertaining. That’s when I am happy. I’m not just delighted with myself when I’m entertaining, but I’m happier than when I’m not.

I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something.

I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.

When you're dealing with your life, my God, you gotta tell the truth.

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

Betty White is probably a very nice woman.