My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.

I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.

I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.

At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Everyone's heard the same joke a million times and knows the setups. They are tired of the mass-marketed entertainment served on the networks.

Good late-night humor can work at any time of the day.

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.