Modesty Is Not One Of My Virtues.

If You Stop And Think About It, Nearly All Great Humor Is At The Expense Of Someone Or Something.

When I Read Dickens For The First Time, I Thought He Was Jewish, Because He Wrote About Oppression And Bigotry, All The Things That My Father Talked About.

Ed Sullivan Brought Me To Tv First In 1952, Then Garry Moore's Program Gave Me A Lot Of Confidence And Freedom.

Eating Takes A Special Talent. Some People Are Much Better At It Than Others. In That Way, It Is Like Sex, And As With Sex, It's More Fun With Someone Who Really Likes It. I Can't Imagine Having A Lasting Friendship With Anyone Who Is Not Interested In Food.

I Had A Sympathetic Role In 'thirtysomething,' And In Two Weeks I'm Going To Do The Role Again. But In The Movies, I Just Love The Heavies. It's Much More Fun. Villains Are A Ball. People Have Been Laughing At Me For 50 Years, So I Love To Sit In The Back Of The Theater And Listen To Them Hate Me.