When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.

But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!

Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times.

Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge. Forty years ago, I lost my weight, but only by watching what I was eating.

Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.