"I never should have done My Favorite Martian. I didn't work in TV or film for three years after. Everyone thought of me as a Martian. Do you know what it's like to go to Madrid, Spain, on vacation and have a guy yell out, 'Hey, Martin!' and put antennas behind his head? When that happens, you know your career is dead." -- "USA TODAY," 1995 "I thought, 'What am I doing here? I'm running around with two pieces of wire coming out of my head. I must be crazy." -- recalling his thoughts after four episodes of My Favorite Martian. "I have 30 seconds to tell you I have been waiting 60 years to get on this stage." -- his 1995 Emmy acceptance speech