Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.

A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.

I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.