"I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago."

"And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure."

"Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept."

"You asked what is the secret of a really good sketch. And it is a sketch is a small play. It's got a beginning, and a middle and an end. It should have a plot; it should have the characters, conflict. It is a little play. And in it, will be funny stuff."

"I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be more appreciative of what I do. But it's hard for me."

"Funny is when you're serious."

"Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor."

"And it's tough traveling. You know, the hotels and the airports and all that. That part, eating and getting around to the hotel room and then going on."

"But there's a lot of 50's and a lot of boomers and a lot of kids in their 30's that grew up with us."