JAMIE FARR

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

You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Before 'M*A*SH*,' people in the industry didn't know what to do with this guy with the big nose.

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.

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

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.

You can't explain why people are friends and why those friendships last, but there certainly is magic in it. It's just something that you treasure.

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.

As a kid, I had to be funny.

It's a difficult thing to overcome, but I've been quite fortunate. I haven't been out of work, literally, since 'M*A*S*H' went out of production.

The dresses I wore are in the Smithsonian now.

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

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.

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

I enjoy 'Murphy Brown,' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.

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.