I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, "Au contraire." Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.