There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.

How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”

When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.