Actor Quotes

I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world.

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty.

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you.

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive.

Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway.

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.

I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel.

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.

Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun.

I've always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character traits, and everything that's going to happen.

Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.

My parents are more likely to know who Franz Liszt is than Snooki.

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

I never saw myself as a comedian. I saw myself as a guy who can act funny.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.