"A comedian goes out and hits people right on. A clown uses pathos. He can be funny, then turn right around and reach …"

"Why quit? It's the only thing I know. Quitting is like hanging up your soul on the wall and closing the door on it."

"Don't laugh but I think the logical successor to Chaplin is Skelton. Red, to my mind, is the most unaclaimed clown in…"

"With one prop, a soft battered hat he successfully converted himself into an idiot boy, a peevish old lady, a teeteri…"

"The Western is our genre in the United States of America. The English have Shakespeare, the French have Molière, the …"

"Sometimes what comes around the corner is better for you than what you're planning to do anyway."

"I don’t try to be a hard guy to work with … but I decide what I’m going to do with a character. I will take direction…"

"It was as if somehow Al Capone had become head of the United States."

"To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His …"

"When you're pregnant, you finally start reading ingredients on food. You start caring about yourself by accident, bec…"