A lot of people live much more simply than in the old days. That doesn't bother me. Keeping busy is the problem. Television guest shot fees are going down. You can do a dozen guest shots a year, but you're not making that much money.

I've never been more comfortable in a part than with Colonel Potter.

Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.

The thing that made 'M*A*S*H' so good was the fact that we did have those relationships off-camera and took them on-camera.

New policy tools, which helped the Federal Reserve respond to the financial crisis and Great Recession, are likely to remain useful in dealing with future downturns.

Money was always on my mind when I was growing up. So I was always wondering how we were going to afford this and that. Acting seemed to be a shortcut out of the mess.

There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.

I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.