My view is that you should always remake failures because then you've got nowhere to go but up.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.