I did sketch comedy for years. Ive always enjoyed it.

There were some times when we did the winter scenes in the summer, and I had to wear that silly fur coat. Oh, my Lord! I was perspiring!

There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.

The phone rings and there's another Broadway show or another TV series or a movie. That's the gamble you take.

Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup.

I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business.

Sometimes you get a call and an uncle passed away that you really liked, or a cousin or somebody else. So each day becomes a little more precious then the day that preceded it.