I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

I mean sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor and they just don't deliver because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful and they get that mixed up sometimes or don't even notice that that's the thing.

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

In this world everyone wants to know everything about you and I think that's funny.

Well I mean if a joke or humor is bawdy it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.

I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.

You know you can touch a stick of dynamite but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

People used to be funny about approaching me but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.