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.

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

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

When you work with words, words are your work.

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.

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.

Accept me for who I am.

For this is wisdom: to live to take what fate or the Gods may give.

When the movie's on, I usually watch more of the audience.

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.

End of the day, the quick and the dead are the same. Everyone's just looking for home.

An archetypal gangster is always at a remove. We can't get into his mindset.

There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety.

Never sue the police. The odds are in their favour.

I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?