I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.'

You might as well like yourself; just think about all the time you're gonna have to spend with you.

I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years.

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

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.

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

Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything.