I had a life experience that most of my - that none of my friends had. I remember I became everybody's rabbi. Everybody who needed advice would talk to me, and it became an obvious thing.

I want the roast to be like a party where everybody goes and has a good time.

The real question is how do you stay funny in your 70s and 80s? And that's a real accomplishment, you know, the longevity.

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

Life has to keep going, so you can either be a victim the rest of your life and let it drag you down into drugs and alcohol and depression or you can turn it into something good, fun even, you know, and I tell young people who are going through depression that this might be the most important time of your life. This might be what makes you a great artist later on.

It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore.

The good thing about a jail show is nobody gets up and walks out.