If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. A lot of it isn't the kind of thing you can feel comfortable with watching with your kids. And I still feel that way even though, now, my kids are in their 30s.

Phyllis Diller came through a mine field of male comedians when she arrived on the comedy scene and she defused them all. She won her place in the Hall of Comedy as the First Lady. I will miss her.

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.

A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to be labeled and things like that, but I'm not sure everybody qualifies.