No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played.

Have you ever walked late at night through a forest when you are first in love?

I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.

In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies.

No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.