A comic should suffer as much over a single line as a man with a hernia would in picking up a heavy barbell.
W. C. FieldsI 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.
W. C. FieldsA man who overindulges lives in a dream. He becomes conceited. He thinks the whole world revolves around him; and it usually does.
W. C. Fields