I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

I don't know if I'm brave.

Yes, there are plenty of politicians who are liars, there is no doubt about this! But some of them are not only liars but also serial killers because they deliberately send people to the wars!

Beware of anything to do with President Obama...I speak from experience.

What is the good of telling a community that it has every liberty except the liberty to make laws? The liberty to make laws is what constitutes a free people.

I don’t care too much about talking, but I don’t like being alone.

The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing.

Laughter is a force for democracy.

Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.

We deserve quality lives with equality.

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.

The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.