It takes many years to be a great comedian.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.

When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.

Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

Some people say funny things - but I say things funny.

Walk gently, and be brave.

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more.

Good-bye, Graystripe. I love you. Take care of our kits.

'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else.

We need to act for the sake of a redemption that will be a mystery until it unfolds before us.

Since real spies are so good, you never really know what actual spying is. But I do think spying is a lot more dangerous than we are led to believe.

There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.