I don't have a very quick sense of humor.

Beauty in the flesh will continue to rule the world.

Never invest in anything that eats or needs painting.

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repainting.

They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.

Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody every died from pleasure.

It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.

If you love the things you do, you don’t age, you always remain young. Age is for the calendar.

If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached.

Say, it's only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea, But it wouldn't be make believe, If you believed in me.

If they're [his clients] not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.

If the Russians ever decide to atom bomb us, they're certain to drop an especially large one on the plant in Pleasantville.

Asking me what I think of Oscar (Hammerstein) is like asking me what I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and Strawberry Sundaes.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong a man ain't got a friend Without a song

Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.

Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.

And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.

Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.

It is the task of several months and it is a fact that a girl, either while rehearsing or actually playing, may be training for some character or feature in some future production not yet definitely fixed even in my own mind.

Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue

Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work.

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently.

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