Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

One does not go to the theater to see life and nature; one goes to see the particular way in which life and nature happen to look to a cultivated, imaginative and entertaining man who happens, in turn, to be a playwright.

There is no legimate actor who can resist the powerful lure of the movies. It isn't the money that fetches him. It isn't the great publicity. It is simply this: the movies enable an actor to look at himself.

Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

The dramatic critic who is without prejudice is on the plane with the general who does not believe in taking human life.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.