Well, I'd say that the minute sound came in, it was everybody talking their heads off and going for dialogue laughs. All your writers did the same thing. Once that started, it took years to ever get anybody even to…

Quote by Buster Keaton

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Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

Life is too serious to do farce comedy.

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures...

I'm so sorry I fell down.

I'm so sorry I fell down.

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

From the time I was 7 or 8 years old, we were the roughest knockabout...

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will...

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only...

It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only...

I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and...

I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and...

My ex-girlfriend had a really weird fetish. She used to like to dress up as...

My ex-girlfriend had a really weird fetish. She used to like to dress up as...

We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry...

We got so much food in America we're allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry...

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create...

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create...

We're more effective than birth control pills.

We're more effective than birth control pills.

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new...

NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new...

Nobody sees people as people. It's all how they relate to my little group.

Nobody sees people as people. It's all how they relate to my little group.

[Mock singing] And shall my sword sleep in my hand [Speaking] NOT a good idea,...

[Mock singing] And shall my sword sleep in my hand [Speaking] NOT a good idea,...