I Never Said, 'mmmmmm, You Dirty Rat!

Though I Soon Became Typecast In Hollywood As A Gangster And Hoodlum, I Was Originally A Dancer, An Irish Hoofer, Trained In Vaudeville Tap Dance. I Always Leapt At The Opportunity To Dance In Films Later On.

New Orleans Is 5 Feet Below Sea Level, Which Means That Holes Dug In The Ground Immediately Fill With Water. Coffins Were Punctured And Sunk With Weights, Which Didn't Stop Them From Floating Up Out Of The Cemeteries And Down The Streets Of The French Quarter On Stormy Nights. The Solution Was To Bury People Above Ground, In What Are Called Vaults.

Learn Your Lines… Plant Your Feet… Look The Other Actor In The Eye… Say The Words… Mean Them.

Find Your Mark, Look The Other Fellow In The Eye, And Tell The Truth.

Once A Song And Dance Man, Always A Song And Dance Man. Those Few Words Tell As Much About Me Professionally As There Is To Tell.