Quotes from Jamie Farr

Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

I'm after the bucks because bucks give you the power, power gives you the freedom, and freedom lets you send money home to your mother.

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.

I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.

I never met the second happiest man, or the first happiest man, so I can't judge where I fall into that category.

There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.

When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.

All the plays I do are comedies. I love listening to people laugh. I couldn't do the dramas like 'All My Sons.'

It took me years to get out of the bargain basement. I always wanted to walk into a men's store and buy a cashmere sweater.

The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It's a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles.

It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.

I would like to do a nice comedy/drama feature with a good part, but nobody's asked me to do a film. Maybe it's because they don't know what to do with a guy in a dress.

I was the first man to put on a dress and play it straight. That was something very fresh. Still is.

The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.

I was thrilled as a kid to point out my sister as she danced and sang on the stage, and she was pretty good artistically. She was a great inspiration to me. She was the one who sort of led me into show business.

Vancouver is a beautiful area, I don't care what time of the year you're there. Vancouver and Calgary. Great places in Canada.

Never stay with friends or relatives. You end up living on their schedules.

I have a good time watching Nick At Night with the old shows on there. I love to see I Love Lucy, although I've seen them many, many times. I think it's a security factor, it's like your blanket.

You accumulate a great deal of acquaintances and friendships over the years, and you can't always spend as much time as you would like.

When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.

Some people came up with story lines where Colonel Potter moves in with Klinger, and we become a 1950s' odd couple. I said, 'Come on, let's do something significant.'

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.