No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.
There’s a lot of very funny people I’d love to work with that I’ve never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.
Rob Petrie is who I really am – in personality and general ineffectiveness.
Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
In the best of all worlds, the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they’re putting out. Unfortunately, they don’t.
In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.
I’m always announcing my retirement. I’m still not retired.
I watch ‘Al Jazeera.’ They have news that you can’t find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.
I’ve always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, ‘Well, he’s more of a dancer.’ And dancers say, ‘No. He’s really a singer.’ And singers say, ‘No. He’s an actor.’
I’ve been talking about retiring for years. It’s my standard answer to the question, ‘What are your future plans?’ The truth is, I’ll always want to do things that are worthwhile or fun.
I wanted to be a radio announcer.
I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don’t. I can’t get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.
Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.
My kids are so much better parent than I was.
So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.
I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.
Life is like a box of chocolates, I’m a nerd and I read books.
We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we’d our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show.
So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did – played records.
Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.