"You're asking me to say something
nice about Groucho? Well!!
He deserves it. He plays the violin much better than Rubenstein!"
- Jack Benny |
"My experience is that people are most likely to listen to reason when
in bed."
- Groucho Marx |
"Who is my favorite actor? Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo.
Everybody else comes in fifth."
- George Bernard Shaw |
"Groucho never said an unkind word to anybody--that is, except to me...
and we're pals, see."
- Edward G. Robinson |
"I always loved brothers
who made records."
- The Brothers Smothers |
"I refuse to write liner notes for this album
because I want to be alone."
- Greta Garbo |
"Groucho Marx is the only actor I ever allowed to ad-lib in a show
I wrote. That was because I couldn't stop him."
- George S. Kaufman
|
"Groucho Marx is the only true revolutionary anarchist in the world
today. The most influential people who have ever lived are Jesus Christ,
and Groucho Marx,
and not necessarily in that order."
- David Steinberg |
"George Kaufman and I wrote a lot of funny lines for Groucho, some
of which he occasionally used...but it was Groucho who by his innate sense
of timing and his inimitable delivery, added the ingredient that brought
the house down. Thanks for the royalties, Groucho."
- Morrie Ryskind |
"An interesting fact about Groucho is that he doesn't know when he's
being funny. At Carnegie Hall, he couldn't understand why the audience roared
with laughter
when he was scratched by a duck.
P.S. Groucho just called and denied the whole thing. Apparently he does
know when he's being funny."
- Arthur Sheekman |
"If only I were 40 years older!"
- Candice Bergan |
"To my dear good friend--keep warm."
- Charles Chaplin |
"Some years back, after a childhood of preocupation with comedy that
led me to observing the styles of all the great comedians, I came to the
conclusion that Groucho Marx was the best comedian this country ever produced.
Now I am more convinced than ever that I was right. I can't think of a comedian
who combined a totally original physical conception that was hilarious with
a matchless verbal delivery. I believe there is a natural inborn greatness
in Groucho that defies close analysis as it does with any genuine artist.
He is simply unique in the same way that Picasso or Stravinsky are and I
believe his outrageous unsentimental disregard for order will be equally
as funny a thousand years from now. In addition to all this, he makes me
laugh."
- Woody Allen |
| Quotes are taken from the liner notes in the 1972 album "An Evening
With Groucho" |
