I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

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England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

He who laughs most, learns best.

That's a lovely experience when you make an audience laugh. Then the nerves go away for a bit. And sometimes you do things then that you've never done before that are really funny.

I started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They'd say, 'That's a little bit hard-edged, isn't it?' And I'd say, 'Let's just try it and see how the audience reacts. If they don't like it, let's cut it out.' And the audience roared with laughter, so I learned you could do this harder humor and people loved it.

years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.