I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.