There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.

Everyday happiness means getting up in the morning, and you can't wait to finish your breakfast. You can't wait to do your exercises. You can't wait to put on your clothes. You can't wait to get out. And you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.

What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.