Whi Quotes

A fella came up to me the other day with a nice story. He was in a bar somewhere and it was the quiet time of the night. Everybody`s staring down at the sauce and one of my saloon songs comes on the jukebox, "One for My Baby", or something like that. After a while, a drunk at the end of the bar looks up and says, jerking his thumb toward the jukebox, "I wonder who he listens to?"

I`ve been dubbed the man most responsible for the dumbing of America, so obviously I don`t put much stock into thoughts like (the theme of the `dumbing down` of contemporary comedy). People love to laugh, and most people can find humor in just about anything, which is great. Trying to label or categorize comedy is ridiculous. I mean, if you laugh at a fart joke, does that make you a moron? I don`t think so.

I didn`t start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don`t have to go from nothing to the top, they think you start at the top. I started with a commercial where I didn`t even have any lines and six years later, look where I am. So, it takes a while. (from a 1985 "Starlog" interview)

We choose to go...not because (it is) easy, but because (it is) hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.