A biography for Carl Reinerhasn’t been written yet.
“I've lived through the Great Depression.”
“A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it.”
“I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.”
“My parents loved comedies, so we saw Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Ritz Brothers, and the Marx Brothers. I wanted to be one of them.”
“I served in World War II in our fight to defeat fascism.”
“I need to see a woman president in my lifetime. Or the first Jewish president.”
“It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.”
“I know Samantha Bee, and I know she's not a racist or anything.”
“It's one thing for a father to say, 'Oh, my son is great.' But to have others say it - that's the true reward. Robbie's one of the smartest people I know. He's made such fantastic movies.”
“When I was 20-something, 30, I fell down a flight of stairs and hurt my back. I went to a therapist who said don't get out of bed until you do certain stretches, and I've been doing them ever since. I guess I'm the original yogi.”
“I wrote three books about growing up in the Bronx.”
“'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' was my favorite of all the things I ever did, because it was like doing a Sunday crossword puzzle and beating it.”
“The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.”
“People ask me where I get my vitality, and to tell you the truth, I don't have a clue.”