All My Life I Have Been Happiest

Tragedy Is A Close-up; Comedy, A Long Shot.

They Say Pantomime's A Lost Art. It's Never Been A Lost Art And Never Will Be, Because It's Too Natural To Do.

Not Long Ago A Friend Asked Me What Was The Greatest Pleasure I Got From Spending My Whole Life As An Actor. There Have Been So Many That I Had To Think About That For A Moment. Then I Said, 'like Everyone Else, I Like To Be With A Happy Crowd'.

Down Through The Years My Face Has Been Called A Sour Puss, A Dead Pan, A Frozen Face, The Great Stone Face, And, Believe It Or Not, "a Tragic Mask." On The Other Hand That Kindly Critic, The Late James Agee, Described My Face As Ranking "almost With Lincoln's As An Early American Archetype, It Was Haunting, Handsome, Almost Beautiful." I Can't Imagine What The Great Rail Splitter's Reaction Would Have Been To This, Though I Sure Was Pleased.

All My Life I Have Been Happiest When The Folks Watching Me Said To Each Other, `look At The Poor Dope, Wilya?