The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.

Would you go to see a brilliant actor who's been framed for something that he didn't do, and put him on a stage and say he's going to do Hamlet for you, and why don't you enjoy it? That's a hell of an analogy, but it's about the same thing.

I shave without using shaving cream.

Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.

Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.