Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

Comedy is an ability to observe and see what's funny in a situation and be able to forget yourself enough to do it.

Ah, but the servant waits, while the master baits.

It's acceptable for men to act the fool. When women try, they're considered aggressive and opinionated.

I can't even really tell a joke. I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work but it ain't easy.

If a scene isn't well written they'll drop your neckline to fill the void.

Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing. Which, when I was little, really bothered me.

My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.

In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.

Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.

All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation.

And he whose soul is flat -- the sky Will cave in on him by and by.

We must play as if there are no more games, no more tomorrows.

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

Once the Champions Tour got in me and got a hold of me, I found out how great this Tour is and how much I enjoy it.

We need to expand Social Security to prevent the looming retirement crisis, and we can do it simply by asking billionaires to pay their fair share.