It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What spirit human beings have!
[Emily Litella line:] Never mind.
I think clothes should make you feel safe. I like clothes you want to go to sleep in. I sometimes stand in front of a mirror and change a million times because I know I really want to wear my nightgown.
I would rather be funny than gorgeous, absolutely. Because it's too hard to be gorgeous, you know. I could make a stab at gorgeous as long as I had something funny to say to get out of it.
I have always found men who were funny, irresistible. It's rare that I ever based love on looks or superficial things, but it a guy made me laugh-and that didn't mean he had to be in comedy professionally - I was hooked.
You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused.
I love being a woman. You can cry. You get to wear pants now. If you're on a boat and it's going to sink, you get to go on the rescue boat first. You get to wear cute clothes. It must be a great thing, or so many men wouldn't be wanting to do it.
... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.
I'm not really an impersonator.
It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We get to live, then we have to die. ... What spirit human beings have! It is a pretty cheesy deal - all the pleasures of life, and then death.
My life had made me funny, and cancer wasn't going to change that.
It's always something
Show business is like riding a bicycle - when you fall off, the best thing to do is get up, brush yourself off and get back on again.
I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.
Comedy is very controlling - you are making people laugh.
You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It's like a flu bug that you catch ... Even the plumber has a screenplay in his truck.
I grew up in front of a television. I guess I'll grow old inside of one.
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