Few, very few, will ever be able to craft a joke as beautifully as Pat. He was able to just make it all happen. I don't think he was great at telling them, but he was sure great at putting them down. |
How do you tell how a man has been funny? How do you do the sound of his voice? The turn of his face? But I will tell you he was as funny as any man I've ever seen. |
I was concerned about `who am I?' to the audience. So when they (the filmmakers) said, `We'll follow you,' I bit. I insisted on the right to approve the rough cut. So there I was, safe, everything fine, |
If I asked for a (stage) light, it was not an ask but a demand. If I demanded, I was having a fit, |
If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, "This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?" And eventually he dies of thirst. |
It's great conversation. In the industry, it's great talk, |
March 3, 1963. On March 4, I was a goner, |
one of the greatest humorists of the last half-century. |
suddenly, we were moving. |
We were sitting watching television, had finished a nice dinner, everything was fine. Other people were in serious trouble. Then suddenly, we were moving, |
When he was sitting with you, would he be witty? No, |