"Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy."

"Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun."

"The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you."

"Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech."

"Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her."

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

"I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table."

"I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life."

"Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway."

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

"There were five writers on Blazing Saddles."

"Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton."

"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."