42 Quotes by Jerry Stiller

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. I decided to become one.

We are even better looking on the small screen

I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.

I don't let my feelings out. The audience brings out the part of me that wants to be funny. Maybe I want to be like that very deep down.

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

I’ve got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories.

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there’s a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.

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