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

I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor.

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ?

When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people.

I met Mel [Brooks] backstage in Anne's [Bancroft] dressing room. He was wearing one of those pea coats, pea jackets that were made famous by the Merchant Marines, and I admired it and he said, "You know, they used to call this a urine jacket, but it didn't sell."