TV is the best babysitter.

But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working.

If you want to direct, you've got to work.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?

Believe me, nobody likes to loaf more than me.

I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act.

I don't need the bread, but it's nice to do something creative.

People just do the strangest things when they believe they're entitled. But they do even stranger things when they just plain believe.

If I don't trust [in] it, then it's worthless.

You’re entering a world of pain.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

The power of laughter & love would beat out the power of fear every time.

When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.

What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.