Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I.

I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put my finger on it.

Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

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

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.

I really am opinionated, but not for long. I have found myself coming off of what I think of something because the guy I'm talking to makes better sense than I am. I have so many points of view, I can't keep track of 'em, because I talk to too many people... I'm not so opinionated that I won't budge.

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.