When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

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.

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

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.

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.

I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.

That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman.