Change is such hard work.
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 football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
Nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.
As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
What’s so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you’re constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it’s really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it’s great.
Gentlemen, start your egos.
It’s money. I remember it from when I was single.
To be good, you need to believe in what you’re doing.
That’s the thing about jazz: it’s free flowing, it comes from your soul.
Nobody is more truthful when he’s acting than De Niro.
It is better to look good than to feel good.
I’d like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
When I’ve gotten criticism, it’s that it’s too long, too soft, didn’t hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What’s he doing hitting the government?
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that’s what I had to do.