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

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.

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

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

I'm not cantankerous.

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

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

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.

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.

There are no more Walt Disneys anymore.

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

I've always wanted to learn kick boxing.

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

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 never had a lot of confidence in myself.

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.

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.

My life has been a magnificent indulgence.

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

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

I'm the Steven Spielberg of Malibu.

My memory's not too good.

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.

I'm a very neat person.