I began painting well before I started doing comedy. In fact, when I came out of the war in 1946, I enrolled in art school in Dayton, Ohio. I painted for three years, and then show business took hold.

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.

Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it.

God is in my head, but the devil is in my pants.

Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps.