Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.

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.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

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

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

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.

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