"I can't imagine not having music in my life, playing for myself or for
other people. If I was asked, 'Which would you give up,' I'd have to
say acting," he said in an interview with The Associated Press in 1988.
I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height...I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose...I wouldn't have been a comic.
I think my own desire to be loved is what makes me sexually attractive.
The confidence I now have is rooted in the discovery that who I am is okay.
The ability to enjoy your sex life is central. I don't give a shit about anything else. My obsession is total. What else is there to live for?
I have a very ribald sense of humor, which is conventionally known as obscene.
[on John Gielgud] He was always coming out with these sweet, corny theatrical anecdotes, and he's got a sort of mucky sense of humor. I mean everybody thinks he reads Chaucer all day, and, in fact, he loves reading Harold Robbins.