If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

I think one of the basic tasks in life - one of the nice things we can do for each other - is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that.

I appreciate humor so much, but I'm actually not a funny girl.

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.