A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.

A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

Mr. [John] Barrymore's smile was the smile of an actor who hates actors, and who knows that he is going to kill two or three before the play is over. I am not an actor-killer, but I like my Hamlets to dislike actors, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't.

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.

My only regret in the theater is that I could never sit out front and watch me.