I try to keep my mind active. I'm a solitaire and puzzle addict. I exercise religiously. I don't do many things religiously and I've taken up golf to have something to do when I have nothing to do.

Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?

I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die.

I remember saying to my agent, "Listen, everybody's going out to Hollywood and making movies. I think I ought to go out there." And his advice to me was, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. If they want you in Hollywood, they'll send you." And sure enough, they did.

Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.

It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.