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" On stage, I think I'm 35. Working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop. "

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" Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy. "

" I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well. "

" I am not doddery... doddery I am not! "

" It gets harder every day to get out of bed. I don't feel like it loads of the time. It is only my exercise routine which wakes me up. "

" Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you. "

" When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so. "

" A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress. "

" Puerto Rico is one of those places you can be as quiet or as crazy as you want, because there's so much nightlife. I have to take the craziness carefully. "

" They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer. "

" It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing. "

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" It's the combination of marrying a beautiful woman three decades younger and my iPad that keeps me young. "

Beautiful Woman

" The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about. "