I always came away thinking "I'd like to see her more," you know? And then when [Parental Guidance] was ready to be cast, we thought - Bette [Midler]….

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing..

In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the footb….

The inspiration was this great group of 40 or 50 relatives, sometimes for Thanksgiving or Passover or something and my brothers would just go up and ….

For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy... Their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will ….

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do..

I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside of the old cowboy-or-fireman. When I was in….

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that..

I didn't rebel as a child. I missed that angry teenager thing..

I'm a sucker for a free tuxedo..

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere..

I'm going to be your grandpa! / I have the biggest smile. / I've been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while..

I've always thought that the key to a good sex life is variety. That's why God gave me two hands. Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, ….

Since I was a kid, every Thanksgiving growing up in New York, we always watched 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' by Laurel and Hardy. Never miss it..

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing or something..

If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it..

We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titt….

This time I particularly loved because it came from a real experience with my grandchildren. Having them alone alone for the first time for six or se….

You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you should….

My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me..

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul..