To tell you the truth, I don't give much thought to television as a field of endeavor. It's a place - an art let's call it - where I'm making a livelihood. If something happens to television, I'll tend bar, something I enjoy doing.
[on his initial reaction to I Love Lucy (1951)] I didn't think the thing had a chance. We did the lines over and over again, and it was like eating stew every night - stale and not a bit funny.
[on Hollywood] The money was great, and you had a ball. I played in 96 pictures - maybe one or two good ones.