I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.

She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

Well, anybody can be a straight man if he hears well. You just have to wait for laughs. A straight man just repeats the questions and the comedian gets the laughs and you just wait for them and don't let them die completely at the tail end of the laugh.

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.