My Instinct Has Always Been

In Order To Represent Life On The Stage, We Must Rub Elbows With Life, Live Ourselves

No Vice Is So Bad As Advice.

That's The Unfortunate Thing About Death. It's So Terribly Final.

There Are Very Few Persons Who Would Think Of Inquiring Into The Private Life Of The Newspaper Dealer At The Corner, Or The Druggist, Or The Doctor, Or Even A Mah Jong Partner, But The Moment One Belongs To The Theatrical Profession, The Public Usually Feels Cheated Unless It Knows One's Inmost Thoughts Of Love.

Fate Cast Me To Play The Role Of An Ugly Duckling With No Promise Of Swanning. . . . I Have Played My Life As A Comedy Rather Than The Tragedy Many Would Have Made Of It.