You dirty, double-crossing rat.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.

Outside of my family, the prime concern of my life has been nature and its order, and how we have been savagely altering that order.

I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat!

My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by all those misfortunes. I have an idea that the Irish possess a built-in don't-give-a-damn that helps them through all the stress.

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.