Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?
No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.
A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny.
I don't feel qualified to talk about my work.
What really got my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers who never wrote their own jokes.
Not long ago a friend asked me what was the greatest pleasure I got from spending my whole life as an actor. There have been so many that I had to think about that for a moment. Then I said, 'Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd'.