Her business manager said, you know, Gilda [Radner] left you that house. That's when I decided to stay and test it out. And after about a month, the roots grew, and I didn't ever want to live anywhere else for the rest of my life - travel, yes, but not to live anywhere else.

Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.

Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn't yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?

When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.She made me believe that I could make someone laugh.

If the physical thing you're doing is funny, you don't have to act funny while doing it...Just be real and it will be funnier

To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.

I certainly didn't have New York Jewish humor. But I was in three Mel Brooks films so people thought I was a connoisseur of New York Jewish humor.