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To ask a pratfall comedian, a dishes-in-the-face comic like me, to lay back and bring none of that stuff to the script because it doesn't call for it? That's tough.

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The connection between pathos and broad comedy is very tight. But you do far more work in a comedy scene than you do in a straight scene. It's much harder.

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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.

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I can't stand to ask anyone, 'How was that?'

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You can't hold comedy back, because it needs to be exposed.

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I make sure that I take good care of me.

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What's happened at 85 is I've lost my appetite. I used to be a little hog when I was young. But now I really don't seem to need it.

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Being 90 is not simple, but it's interesting, very interesting. Before I was 90, I could walk, I could see well, I could hear terrific, and now, I can't hear or see or walk.

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I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.

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I say to everybody, love is what wakes you up in the morning, love is what makes you walk, and love is what makes you hope.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: March 16th, 1926

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