Quotes

There was a time when I bridled whenever a fan bothered me for an autograph or someone started with the jokes about dimples, but now I'm rather pleased that someone remembers.

[on working with Cecil B. DeMille in The Squaw Man (1931)] He was a complete and total egotist who didn't give a damn about anyone but himself. He hit me. I was a five-year-old kid and he hit me!

People have a tendency to remember you as you were. Unless you're careful, you have a tendency to remember you as you were, too.

I think performers have a real need to be made aware of the fact that their gifts and talents have a residual use. I'm always interested in anybody's story where they have managed to beat the odds and come out doing something they want to do, and still be able to utilize their backgrounds. It's worked for me.

[Referring to Stymie of Our Gang and other Gang members] I liked him a great deal, he and his family. Pesonally I remember them best. His mother had us over, made ice cream in the back yard, and cooked dinner for us. Marvelous, lovely day we had; she had a big party one day at their home. I never knew any of the others socially. I was never at anyone's house, and I don't know if they were at ours. There was never anything wrong, there was just no communication.