A real craftsman. He knows what consistent comedy characterization is. — Stan Laurel

"The only thing worth remembering about it, I guess, is that the part of the whimpering butler that I played in it gave me the first real mannerism that definitely became a part of my later character when I was teamed with Hardy. In the film, I was a very timid chap, running around and reacting with horror to everything that went on around me. To emphasize this, I cried at one point, screwed my face up—and have used it ever since. Funny thing about that cry, though; its the only mannerism I ever used in the films that I didnt like. I remember years later when we would be improvising something on the set and we came to a pause where we couldnt think of anything to do—or had a dull moment—Roach would always insist that I use the cry. It always got a laugh, and it sure became a part of my standard equipment, but somehow I never had any affection for it."

"[He cant stand to watch their old comedies on TV because] because theyre so cut up. [...] I wish I could have edited them. They seem too slow nowadays. That was because we had to leave time between the gags for the audience to laugh. You dont need that spread in TV."

"I suppose we had very little of what youd call family life. We were very seldom all together. I was almost always either in boarding school or living with my grandparents in were I was born, but still, strange as it may seem, we were always a close family."

"When Stan passed away, his little desk there was awash with fan mail that had been pouring in from all over the world as it had been for most of his later life; he insisted on sitting there, at that little portable typewriter and answering every one of them, personally, and of course he was so far back—months and months behind in the answering, but he wouldnt give up. He never gave up on anything; he never gave up on life and most of all, he never gave up that God-given mirth that he had."

"It has to be visual stuff. Too many radio writers are writing radio gags for television, which is a visual medium."

"Stans a good boy, but hes got a marrying complex."