“I am sending you a photograph of myself at the age of seven. You will probably say to yourself, ‘Why the cigar?’ That’s a very good question. Actually, the cigar is a phony. So is this mustache and, to wrap it all up neatly, so am I.”
About This Quote
(Letter to Elaine Tynan, 11/10/1939)
More from Groucho Marx
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.”
“Thanks for the potatoes. Would have thought you’d stuck a piece of butter in each one.…”
“Your producer, who you say idolizes me, is obviously a brilliant fellow.”
“An actor should always keep his mouth shut.”