You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried; you float.

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

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.

If it isn't the sheriff, it's the finance company; I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.

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

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.

Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.