Creative comedy is like growing geraniums in a mine field.

Quote by Jerry Stiller

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Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.

Anne hated the idea of putting me down in front of the audience.

I shave without using shaving cream.

I shave without using shaving cream.

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of...

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of...

Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.

Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.

Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never...

Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never...

Money is sensual.

Money is sensual.

The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.

The worst thing in this business is to be thought of as a no-talent.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men....

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men....

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to...

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to...

Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.

Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

I don't think my judgment is that good. I don't know what is funny.

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop...

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop...

I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55...

I've been around the block a lot and I've had a merry trail for 55...

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a...

It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there's a...

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.

I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It...

I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It...