In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.

There are still movies where females are just there to be cool, or they are there to lambaste their husbands and scold. But female comedy characters are changing for the better.

The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style.

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