"Walter Slezak papers, 1905-1983, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"

“You have to work five or six years in the theatre—in hit shows—to make people sick and tired of you, but this you can accomplish in only a few weeks on television. It's a remarkable medium.”

“I never lie unless it is absolutely necessary. Or convenient.”

“Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like.”

“Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is impossible to remember anything about one's birth firsthand. It is bound to be hearsay, and embellished, gilded hearsay at that.”

“Quotes of Slezak roles at Classic Movie Hub”

“Walter Slezak says he's tired of arguing with his kids about borrowing the car. "The next time I want it," he says, "I'm just going to take it.”