Jerry Stiller

“Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.”

“My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.”

“The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.”

“I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.”

“I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.”

“Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.”

“Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads.”

“Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.”

“It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.”

“We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.”

“Money is sensual.”

“During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.”

“I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55 years.”

“Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.”

“I shave without using shaving cream.”

“I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.”

“Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.”

“Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.”