After two days in the hospital, I turn to the nurse.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof of anything I'm asked to believe.

I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.

Ain't fit for man nor beast

I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature.