Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.

- Phil Hartman

One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls…

- Phil Hartman

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

- Phil Hartman

It's been five years worth of planning and negotiating to bring this to a reality.

- Phil Hartman

I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.

- Phil Hartman

I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life.

- Phil Hartman

The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.

- Phil Hartman

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

- Phil Hartman

I benefit from the Mr. Potato Head syndrome. Put a wig and a nose and glasses on me, and I disappear.

- Phil Hartman