A biography for Jamie Farrhasn’t been written yet.
“Never stay with friends or relatives. You end up living on their schedules.”
“You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.”
“I was the first man to put on a dress and play it straight. That was something very fresh. Still is.”
“All the plays I do are comedies. I love listening to people laugh. I couldn't do the dramas like 'All My Sons.'”
“I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.”
“You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.”
“The dresses I wore are in the Smithsonian now.”
“It took me years to get out of the bargain basement. I always wanted to walk into a men's store and buy a cashmere sweater.”
“I enjoy 'Murphy Brown,' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.”
“I can't imagine that I will ever be on anything like 'M*A*S*H' again.”
“If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.”
“When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.”
“I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.”
“Before 'M*A*SH*,' people in the industry didn't know what to do with this guy with the big nose.”
“I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.”
“The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.”
“Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.”
“I'm after the bucks because bucks give you the power, power gives you the freedom, and freedom lets you send money home to your mother.”
“As a kid, I had to be funny.”
“I was thrilled as a kid to point out my sister as she danced and sang on the stage, and she was pretty good artistically. She was a great inspiration to me. She was the one who sort of led me into show business.”