I've been through many years of psychotherapy, psycho-drama, I've taken risks in my life. I've had trials and tribulations just like every body else. You have to really think about who you are. You can't just go through life and sail threw.

What daughter thinks of her parents in flagrante delicto? Yet, my mother, even after years with him, dropped hints such as, 'You know, your father enjoys his matinees.' I never even saw them go to the movies together. What could she mean? All those afternoons, I thought she was upstairs listening to La Traviata, and those high notes apparently were not coming from the radio.

I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.

I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.

When people heckle me, I have the microphone. And the press has the microphone.

I don't need a diet pill. I need something that gives you an electric shock when you reach for food.

I think looks do matter on television.