I seldom took a drink on the set before 9 a.m.

In the ten years since I had run away from home...I had gone through more strange experiences than the average person crowds into a whole lifetime.

The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.

Fields' reply: He'd think I was a sissy.

Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night

Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy - but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Xmas