I'm 74 but I feel like I'm 35. And it isn't work. You know what it is? It's fun, absolute fun. I don't know many people who are fortunate enough to be in a business like that.

The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.

Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter, this could have been a one-sentence story: Once upon a time I lived happily ever after.

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

. . . children - not kids. Kids are goats. I've always spoken of my children as children.