If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any goddamn wars in the first place.

There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.

In reality, people are people. Age does a weird thing to your body on the outside. It makes your face fall and weird things happen all over. But inside, you're the same person you always were.

I have a tendency to think of myself as the mutt of the litter. I'm not purebred.

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement.

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.

You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.