I knew nothing about professional comedians when I became a comedian. I was a rabbi. So I had no professional comedians to learn from.

I am very proud of my career and that I've the health, thank God, to continue doing this for so long.

There is no way I would ever want to be president for a second. It's much easier to make fun of them on the stage and get paid for it. With all the years of me lampooning the presidents in my act, I know I could never ever want that job.

The truth is I'm not at all surprised of the longevity of my career. In fact, I would be surprised if the opposite were true and if my career did not have this longevity because I can't believe people would purposely deprive themselves of such hilarious, meaningful entertainment at these prices.

ESPN is all meat and potatoes. It's pretty much scouting reports. There isn't a great deal of humor, and when there is, it's pretty sophomoric.

I started out making fun of comedy. Then I became the thing I was making fun of.

You just tell a good story where you're funny and it makes people laugh.

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats.