I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'

My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.

In the best of all worlds, the producers would take some responsibility for the kinds of things they're putting out. Unfortunately, they don't.

I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.

I didn't even start dancing until I was in my thirties, and it was like flying.

In Bernie Sanders, I see a man saying that the emperor has no clothes while everyone around him insists they see clothes. Whether or not he makes it to the White House, I hope and pray that everyone hears the alarm he is sounding now; it may be the last voice we ever hear.

Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.

It's more in my nature to be optimistic, I think. I'm one of those people who gets up on the right side of the bed in the morning.

Everyone should dance. And everyone should sing. People say, 'Well, I can't sing.' Everybody can sing. That you do it badly is no reason not to sing.

I have a beautiful, young wife who sings and dances, so there's a lot of duetting going on at my house.

Once you're dead, your worries are over.

A lot of actors seem to dislike typecasting these days. The funny thing is, that's a fairly recent development. It used to be that actors wanted to be typecast so audiences could remember them and identify with them.

Working with my son was like falling off a log. I had so much fun doing it.

I cannot live alone.

The thing I'm most proud of is my family, the way they've turned out.

All that nipping and tucking doesn't make you look younger - only stranger.

There are no sure answers, only better questions.

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

I'm kind of proud of being a love child.

Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored.

Divorce is something that I never dreamed would happen to me. But it did.

I'm a very neat person.

I love musicals, but I find it's just so deadening. You know, 30 takes, you do a little piece here and a little piece there. There's hours and hours of waiting. And to me, that's as far away from real performance as you can get.

My memory's not too good.

I'm the Steven Spielberg of Malibu.

The years have been just full of surprises for me, and a lot of fun.

I swim, go to the gym, and do a little dancing every day and a little singing.

My life has been a magnificent indulgence.

My wife didn't like Hollywood or its stars, but she made an exception when, in 1972, we were invited to dinner - cooked by Frank Sinatra.

Here's the truth. Your teens and twenties are your Plan A. At 50, you're assessing whether Plan B or Plan C or any of the other plans you hatched actually worked. Your sixties and seventies, they're an improvisation.

I never had a lot of confidence in myself.

I have a lot of friends who say that one of the freedoms of being older is you don't care what other people think, which I don't think is right. You care what other people think, but if you're comfortable in your own skin, that doesn't bother you.

I pay attention to the news. I take the 'New York Times.' I do the Saturday crossword.

I've always wanted to learn kick boxing.

I don't think parents can protect their kids in this media-nut culture.

There are no more Walt Disneys anymore.

The American people hit the streets and did something that the government wouldn't do: the Civil Rights Act. It didn't go down well with the corporate world.

When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s.

Dick Martin was a good buddy, and he was always a lot of fun to have around.

I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

I'm not cantankerous.

I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.

The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.

I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.

That rule about having to act one's age? I just don't buy it.

Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.

My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.

I love to harmonize.

It's quite hard to act yourself all the time.

I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.