I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

All that nipping and tucking doesn't make you look younger - only stranger.

Rob Petrie is who I really am - in personality and general ineffectiveness.

Working with my son was like falling off a log. I had so much fun doing it.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.

Dick Martin was a good buddy, and he was always a lot of fun to have around.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I swim, go to the gym, and do a little dancing every day and a little singing.

Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.

I didn't even start dancing until I was in my thirties, and it was like flying.

'The Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.

Don't worry so much. Most of the things you worry about never end up happening.

Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

The most important thing for old guys is never start going down the stairs sideways.

When I started having kids, I thought, 'I don't want to do anything they can't watch.'

My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.

Carl Reiner particularly as a writer, a terrific writer. He's just turning out things.

I pay attention to the news. I take the 'New York Times.' I do the Saturday crossword.

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

Anyone who doesn't sing and dance at every opportunity is missing out on the joy of life.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.

Moses probably danced a little, right? You don't part the Red Sea without having some moves.

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.

'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the most fun I ever had and the most creative period of my life.

I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.

So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.

[My mother] once cooked a ham and later found it in my father's shirt drawer. I am not kidding.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.

Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.

I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

Sing like nobody can hear you, dance like nobody can see you, and love like you've never been hurt.

For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot about life from Carl.

Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.

I have a beautiful, young wife who sings and dances, so there's a lot of duetting going on at my house.

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.

I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same.

I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.

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