I'm going to tap until I can't: I'll be so old, all I can do is walk out from the wings to stage center. But I'll be there.

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

When my brother and me got into performing in the late '40s and early '50s, it was a sensational opportunity to learn from our elders. Every show we played had a dancer, a comic, a juggler, a singer, an acrobat. I came to appreciate virtuosity in all forms of the business.

When I have a bad show, I can't wait until I can get back on stage to forget about it.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.