I'm an entertainer; I try to give the public what it wants while I'm on the screen, and I'm completely sincere about it. If I don't happen to be a laughing boy off the screen, that doesn't make me a hypocrite or a phony.

How much of the national news that you report to the public each night consists of information you've actually gone out and dug up on your own?

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

Having money gives me the freedom to worry about the things that really matter.

I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you.

As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.

I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact.