Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.
Quotes·Quotations by Oscar Levant
Appearance
@ It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
[Describing himself, in lines he contributed to An American In Paris (1951), although officially credited to Alan Jay Lerner, as told in The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965); also quoted in The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects (1978) by Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle, p. 485]
¶ Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Genius
@ There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
[As quoted in Celebrity Register : An Irreverent Compendium of American Quotable Notables (1959) by Cleveland Amory]