People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.
I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.
There are some actresses that can't do comedy; it's too heavy-handed.
The highest of highs is to have a new routine that you're just breaking in and that's working, and that's - you're one step removed doing a situation comedy because you have a live audience there.
The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience.
You're not dead at 85. You're a long way from it. Go out and enjoy. You've earned it.
When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.
I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever.
People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.
I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
When I started, I was doing all the good comedians I'd ever seen. Then I developed my own voice. My routines are my natural way of looking at the world.
If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true.
I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be.
Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.