There is no fool like an old fool.
Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
Being blessed with good health gives you the strength and loving what you do and – is a privilege that keeps you going. So I’m just happy as a lark.
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don’t think you can do both: try to have a baby career and raise it and have a baby baby and raise it. And to try to do justice to either one. It was a very conscious decision on my part not to have children – which I have never regretted.
Now that I’m 91, as opposed to being 90, I’m much wiser. I’m much more aware and I’m much sexier.
Friendship takes time and energy if it’s going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn’t last if you don’t give it proper appreciation. Friendship can be so comfortable, but nurture it-don’t take it for granted.
If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It’s fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.
Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you’re ugly.
I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it’s because I’m as old as I am! But it’s just polite.
I don’t know why people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don’t worry about other people so much.
Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn’t work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.
Snow always inspires such awe in me. Just consider one tiny snowflake alone, so delicate, so fragile, so ethereal. And yet, let a billion of them come together through the majestic force of nature, they can screw up a whole city.
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.
Humor is like music. It’s a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to let the beat go too long, but to leave a beat in there for it to gel.
I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.
You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one’s life and one’s outlook is never quite the same.
When I started in television, it was brand new. It was the miracle over in the corner of your room. Now the audience has seen every story line. People have heard every joke. They can predict the plot almost before a show starts. That’s a hard, sophisticated audience to reach.
We laugh a lot. That’s for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn’t it?