All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

 

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

I am known in parts of the world by people who have never heard of Jesus Christ.

 

In the end, everything is a gag.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the Headless Monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

 

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.