Not all celebrities are dunces.
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.
Half the pictures directed by men of reputation fail.
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs.
Even a true artist does not always produce art.
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.