After The Wizard of Oz (1939), I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that
many parts for lions.
If you want to be a success in Hollywood, be sure and go to New York.
Mildred, why aren't my clothes laid out? I've got a seven o'clock
call. [last words]
Cole Porter was a horrible piano player. 'Oompah, oompah,' he played with
a slow, wooden tempo. If you didn't know who it was, you'd have thought
he was a learner.
Hollywood is the only community in the world where the entire population is suffering from 'rumourtism.'
[on 'Tin Man' Jack Haley, often found snoozing on the set] That son-of-a-bitch could sleep hung up on a meat hook, and I can't sleep at night!