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"Invention is just another way of expressing yourself and what people can do. You can pick up on something that hasn't been uncovered yet. I don't like the fighting over patents. The reason for patenting something is to be able to have something to give to people, not for the money."

"Walt Disney was a man who knew what he wanted and pointed the way he wanted it to be. Some producer told him 'But I've never done this before, Walt.' He said, 'Well, now's the time to find out if you can.' And it was. If you didn't find out, you'd find out that you didn't have a job!"

"One of the craziest moments I had was during rehearsal for the 'Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special.' Danny, Laraine, Garrett, Billy and Jane Curtin were there. Bill Murray stopped and said, 'We need to get champagne.' I was sitting there toasting with most of the original members of 'Saturday Night Live' and that made me just go, 'I'm the luckiest person on the planet.'"

"[Regarding 'Amos 'N' Andy'] I thought I had to do the best with what I had. If I didn't take those roles, you wouldn't have black theater. We would have had no Sidney Poitier, we would have nobody. I took the money I earned from the show and built the first and longest lasting black theater in America."

"I had offers from Warner Brothers and Viacom to distribute 'Three's Company' in syndication, but I said 'No, I'd rather do it myself.' I said no to $10 or $15 million. Then the first deal I made was for $70 million."

"I loved being an agent, going into a room and negotiating a contract with fifteen men... It was a very exciting challenge. I'd grown up with an adoring father who thought I could do anything. I had a big advantage that I always felt very free in the male world. Very confident."

"A set should never detract from or be a point of attention over the acting, the people, or the story."