"I don't want to change the thinking of the world. My purpose is to make people laugh...It would be hypocritical if I said I don't want recognition, but I've never wanted it terribly. I think I'm being honest when I say I'd rather turn my talents, whatever they are, to writing and directing." Interview with Robert DeRossi, October 27, 1965. "In restaurants, (people) send over shoes. I'm so tired of it. I keep getting shoes." "I hate performing. I don't care about being thought funny; I never did. Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all. I did movie star impressions as a kid in high school. Somehow they just got out of hand."