I don't know what to say. I've always been a prepared loser.

That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

When you work with words, words are your work.

Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.

I felt like a loser. I was unhappy as a child most of the time. We were terribly poor and I hated my size.

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?

If you don't have an ego, you're a wino.

I don't take a day off. I don't slack. All I know is hard-nose football. There ain't no breaks or vacations for me.

If you live the questions, life will move you into answers.

When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.

Although value is a weak force in any single year, it becomes a monster over several years. Like gravity, it slowly wears down the opposition.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.

When you play a character that's someone real, when you're playing a true story, it's really great, 'cause you're not pretending to make up some silly thing.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.