I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

You may catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but you'll get them to work harder if you use a flyswatter.

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.

(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life.

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.