I'll tell you when I'm going to play the Palace. That's when Eddie Cantor
and George Burns and Groucho Marx and Jack Benny are on the bill. I'm going to buy
out the whole house, and sit in the middle of the orchestra and say,
'Slaves, entertain the king!'
[reported last words, 10/23/50] Oh, God, this is it! I'm going!
[on Jack L. Warner] I can't see what J.W. can do with an Oscar. It can't say yes.