I think that she's a great dame. I'm crazy for Lucille.

Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior.

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living?

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

I think that she's a great dame. I'm crazy for Lucille.

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.

Nobody can hide their birthdays anymore, so there's no point in lying.

When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.

I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.

It's a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people.

My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon.

When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder.

Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.

The Bush administration's approach to the war on terror collided badly with another of its doctrines, spreading democracy in the Middle East as a panacea to reduce radicalism.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience.

In the fourth grade, I learned how to fake walking into a door. You know, you hit it with your hand and snap your head back. The girls loved it.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

I didn't want to be gay. I wanted to be... I wanted an easy life. And you know what? I am gay, and I still have an easy life.

I would rather work in the theater than anywhere else, and it does seem to be a place where stories can and should be told purely.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

Regarding alien beings and UFO sightings, They're less about 'where' or 'when' to find, more about 'how' or using 'what' to identify.

I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.

Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important.

I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

Ultimate truth if there be such a thing demands the concert of many voices.